[AMERICAN BOTANY]. SMYTH, John Ferdinand Dalziel. A Tour in the United States of America: containing an Account of the present Situation of that Country; the Population, Agriculture, Commerce, Customs, and General Officers in the America Army ... with a Description of the Indian Nations, the General Face of the Country, Mountains, Forests, Rivers ... likewise Improvements in Husbandry that may be Adopted with Great Advantage in Europe. London: G. Robinson, J. Robson and J. Sewell, 1784. 2 volumes, 8vo. Half-titles. Modern half morocco. Provenance: William Harcourt, 3rd Earl of Harcourt (1743-1830) British soldier who captured General Charles Lee during the Revolutionary War (signatures, armorial bookplate). First edition. – MICHAUX, François A. Travels to the Westward of the Allegany Mountains, in the States of Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee, in the year 1802. London: for J. Mawman, 1805. Engraved folding map, 2pp. publisher’s advertisements. Modern half morocco. Provenance: G. Hewitt (signature). First edition. Sabin 48704. – WOODS, John. Two Years’ Residence in the settlement on the English Prairie, in the Illinois Country, United States. London: for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822. 8vo. Half-title, 1 engraved folding map (of 3). Original paper-backed blue boards, printed spine label, uncut; half morocco slipcase. Sabin 105125. – Journal of the Historical and Philsophical Society of Ohio. Columbus: Reprinted for the society by Robert Clarke & Co., 1872. 8vo. A reprint of the scarce first printing for the Society in 1838. Modern half morocco; original wrappers bound in. – The Charter, Constitution and By-Laws of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society, with a Report of its Transactions for 1843, ’44, and ’45. Cincinnati: L’Hommedieu & Co., 1846. Engraved plates. Modern half morocco.

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[AMERICAN BOTANY]. SMYTH, John Ferdinand Dalziel. A Tour in the United States of America: containing an Account of the present Situation of that Country; the Population, Agriculture, Commerce, Customs, and General Officers in the America Army ... with a Description of the Indian Nations, the General Face of the Country, Mountains, Forests, Rivers ... likewise Improvements in Husbandry that may be Adopted with Great Advantage in Europe. London: G. Robinson, J. Robson and J. Sewell, 1784. 2 volumes, 8vo. Half-titles. Modern half morocco. Provenance: William Harcourt, 3rd Earl of Harcourt (1743-1830) British soldier who captured General Charles Lee during the Revolutionary War (signatures, armorial bookplate). First edition. – MICHAUX, François A. Travels to the Westward of the Allegany Mountains, in the States of Ohio, Kentucky, and Tennessee, in the year 1802. London: for J. Mawman, 1805. Engraved folding map, 2pp. publisher’s advertisements. Modern half morocco. Provenance: G. Hewitt (signature). First edition. Sabin 48704. – WOODS, John. Two Years’ Residence in the settlement on the English Prairie, in the Illinois Country, United States. London: for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822. 8vo. Half-title, 1 engraved folding map (of 3). Original paper-backed blue boards, printed spine label, uncut; half morocco slipcase. Sabin 105125. – Journal of the Historical and Philsophical Society of Ohio. Columbus: Reprinted for the society by Robert Clarke & Co., 1872. 8vo. A reprint of the scarce first printing for the Society in 1838. Modern half morocco; original wrappers bound in. – The Charter, Constitution and By-Laws of the Cincinnati Horticultural Society, with a Report of its Transactions for 1843, ’44, and ’45. Cincinnati: L’Hommedieu & Co., 1846. Engraved plates. Modern half morocco.

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