Arbustrum Americanum : the American grove, or, an alphabetical catalogue of forest trees and shrubs, natives of the American United States, arranged according to the Linnaean system : containing, the particular distinguishing characters of each genus, with plain, simple and familiar descriptions of the manner of growth, appearance, &c. of their several species and varieties ; also, some hints of their uses in medicine, dyes, and domestic oeconomy / compiled from actual knowledge and observation, and the assistance of botanical authors, by Humphry Marshall.

  • Marshall, Humphry, 1722-1801.
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MDCCLXXXV [1785]
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Arbustrum Americanum : the American grove, or, an alphabetical catalogue of forest trees and shrubs, natives of the American United States, arranged according to the Linnaean system : containing, the particular distinguishing characters of each genus, with plain, simple and familiar descriptions of the manner of growth, appearance, &c. of their several species and varieties ; also, some hints of their uses in medicine, dyes, and domestic oeconomy / compiled from actual knowledge and observation, and the assistance of botanical authors, by Humphry Marshall. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Philadelphia : Printed by Joseph Crukshank, in Market-Street, between Second and Third-Streets, MDCCLXXXV [1785]

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xx, 174 pages, 2 unnumbered pages ; 21 cm (8vo)

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"William Darlington, Marshall's biographer, calls the book 'the first truly indigenous Botanical Essay published in the Western Hemispher' (DAB)"--Hunt
Dedicated to Benjamin Franklin and other officers and members of the American Philosophical Society
Includes an index
Signatures: [a]⁴ b⁴ c² A-Y⁴ (Y4 blank)
Not in Blake
NLM copy: untrimmed edges.

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Sabin 44776
Hunt botanical cat 674
Evans 19068
ESTC (RLIN) W5289

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Microfilm. [Bethesda, Md.] : National Library of Medicine, 1954. 1 microfilm reel : negative ; 35 mm. duplicate negative made from deteriorating acetate camera master

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