MARSHALL HUMPHREY Arbustrum Americanum The American Grove or

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MARSHALL, HUMPHREY. Arbustrum Americanum: The American Grove, or An Alphabetical Catalogue of Forest Trees and Shrubs, Natives of the American United States. 8vo, later vellum, a bit warped; toned, inked number stamp on dedication page, a few inked text notes; includes final blank (lacking in the Hunt copies); inked early owner's initials on title page. Philadelphia, 1785

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"The first truly indigenous botanical essay published in this Western Hemisphere"--Darlington, Memorials of John Bartram and Humphrey Marshall, 489. Alphabetically arranged, with detailed Linnean descriptions. Evans 19068; Hunt Botanical II:674; Sabin 44776.