Sketches towards a Hortus botanicus americanus, or, Coloured plates (with a catalogue and concise and familiar descriptions of many species) of new and valuable plants of the West Indies and North and South America : Also of several others, natives of Africa and the East Indies; arranged after the Linnaean system.

London : Printed for the author by C. Stower, 1811.

1 volume (various pagings), 17 leaves of plates : illustrations ; (4to)

Published in 6 pts., 1811-12. Plates 10-17 are dated 1812.

There are at least two variant issues; one with figs. 41 and 56 respectively on plates II and III; in the other variant these are deleted.

Copy 1 Note: Variant with figs. 41 and 56 respectively on plates II and III. Frontispiece, plates I, VIII, IX, explanation of plates I, II, and IV, first leaf of explanation of plate III, blank prelim. leaf, list of subscribers and errata slip all wanting. Binding order differs from description of MacPhail. T.p. date altered by hand to 1812.

Copy 2 Note: Variant without figs. 41 and 56 on plates II and III. Plates I, VIII, XIII, and XV on paper watermarked "Fellows 1814". Blank prelim. leaf and errata slip wanting. Binding order differs from description of MacPhail.