Richard J. Wolfe
Jacob Bigelow's American Medical Botany 1817-1821, 1979
North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press
One of "approximately 300 copies," this one inscribed by the author.
3010
Octavo. 121pp. Here, Wolfe examines the complicated bibliographical history of America's first color plate book, published by Dr. Jacob Bigelow between 1817 and 1821. Two engraved plates from Bigelow's original...
Octavo. 121pp. Here, Wolfe examines the complicated bibliographical history of America's first color plate book, published by Dr. Jacob Bigelow between 1817 and 1821. Two engraved plates from Bigelow's original edition, one hand-colored and one black and white, are bound in, and the text is printed in black, red, and green on Andorra Ivory paper. Bound in patterned paper over boards backed in red morocco with matching tips. Fine. Prospectus and original sales receipt laid in. Bookplate to front pastedown.
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