GRAY, Asa (1810-1888). Elements of Botany. New York; G & C. Carvill & Co., 1836.

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GRAY, Asa (1810-1888). Elements of Botany. New York; G & C. Carvill & Co., 1836.

8o. Illustrations in text (some spotting throughout). Original plum cloth with all-over floral pattern (rebacked, some fading); cloth slipcase. Provenance: Carrie Atwood Wilson (bookplate); Josiah Kirby Lilly (bookplate); D. Townsend (signature on front pastedown).

FIRST EDITION. Published when Gray was only twenty-six, Elements of Botany went through nine editions in his lifetime. Norman 926.

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