[AMERICA]. BARTON, WILLIAM P.C. Vegetable Materia Medica of the United States... Philadelphia: M. Carey & Son, 1817-18. 2 vols., 4to, 271 x 206 mm., contemporary half roan, some rubbing and wear; lacks half-title in vol. 2, some browning and offsetting throughout. FIRST EDITION. 50 hand-colored engraved plates. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 324; Nissen BBI 85. Kenneth K. Mackenzie; Horticultural Society of New York, bookplate; Robert de Belder -- STRONG, ASA B. The American Flora... New York, 1848-50. 4 vols., 236 x 179 mm., vols. 1-3 in buckram, vol. 4 in half calf (broken); lacking some plates in vol. 4 (including half-title), vol. 3 lacking title-page and some text. 173 hand-colored lithographed plates (including 3 half-titles). Nissen BBI 1905. John Lewis Childs, bookplates (vols. 1-3); KKM/Hort. Soc. of New York, bookplate (vol. 4); Robert de Belder -- MILLSPAUGH, CHARLES F. American Medicinal Plants. New York, [1887]. 4to, 285 x 209 mm., original cloth gilt, rebacked and cornered in black morocco. 180 partially colored lithographed plates. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 6067. KKM/Hort. Soc. of New York, bookplate; Robert de Belder. (6)

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[AMERICA]. BARTON, WILLIAM P.C. Vegetable Materia Medica of the United States... Philadelphia: M. Carey & Son, 1817-18. 2 vols., 4to, 271 x 206 mm., contemporary half roan, some rubbing and wear; lacks half-title in vol. 2, some browning and offsetting throughout. FIRST EDITION. 50 hand-colored engraved plates. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 324; Nissen BBI 85. Kenneth K. Mackenzie; Horticultural Society of New York, bookplate; Robert de Belder -- STRONG, ASA B. The American Flora... New York, 1848-50. 4 vols., 236 x 179 mm., vols. 1-3 in buckram, vol. 4 in half calf (broken); lacking some plates in vol. 4 (including half-title), vol. 3 lacking title-page and some text. 173 hand-colored lithographed plates (including 3 half-titles). Nissen BBI 1905. John Lewis Childs, bookplates (vols. 1-3); KKM/Hort. Soc. of New York, bookplate (vol. 4); Robert de Belder -- MILLSPAUGH, CHARLES F. American Medicinal Plants. New York, [1887]. 4to, 285 x 209 mm., original cloth gilt, rebacked and cornered in black morocco. 180 partially colored lithographed plates. Stafleu & Cowan TL2 6067. KKM/Hort. Soc. of New York, bookplate; Robert de Belder. (6)

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