NEW GREEN WORLD : John Bartram and the Early Naturalists (American Procession Series. Vol I)

Herbst, Josephine

Verlag: Hastings House, New York, NY, 1954

Beschreibung

Text/BRAND NEW & Bright. Vintage 1954 First Edition, First Thus. Yellow linen boards/Fine. Illustrated DJ/Good; price clipped, losses to upper/lower edges; under mylar. Biography of Pennsylvania-born farmer, botanist & explorer John Bartram (1699 - 1777). Bartram's keen interest in plants lead to extensive reading, taking him beyond the farm to explore the wilderness in search of specimens. He will travel throughout to region east of the Ohio, from the Great Lakes down to St. John's River in Florida, and all the while keep in lively correspondence with botanists and horticultuarlists in Europe. His 8-acre botanic garden, Bartram's Garden in Kingsessing, just outside of Philadelphia, is one of the first true botanic collections in North America. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 009113

Bibliografische Details

Titel: NEW GREEN WORLD : John Bartram and the Early...

Verlag: Hastings House, New York, NY

Erscheinungsdatum: 1954

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Near Fine

Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Good

Auflage: First Edition, First Thus