Botanical and Zoological Drawings, 1756-1788

Philadelphia: The American Philosophical Society, 1968. Reproduced from the Fothergill Album in the British Museum (Natural History). Folio (40.5cm); green cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; maroon topstain; dustjacket; [xii],[2],3-180pp, with 59 numbered plates following text before appendix. Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia for promoting knowledge, Volume 74. Light pencilled notes to upper front flyleaf, with light speckled effect to right edge of textblock from maroon topstain, spine tail gently nudged, and light rubbing to lower front corner; Very Good. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $35.00), with modest shelf-wear, light rubbing to extremities, and light impression marks to rear panel; Very Good. Collection maintains assumed chronological arrangement of Bartram's work, with reproductions engraved by the Meriden Gravure Company. [87701].