Manual of Botany, for North America: Containing Generic and Specific Descriptions of The Indigenous Plants and Common Cultivated Exotics, Growing North of the Gulf of Mexico

Albany: Printed by Websters and Skinners, At their Bookstore, in the White House, corner of STate and Pearl Streets, 1829. Fifth Edition, Revised, Correcte. Hardcover. Very Good. 7.5" x 4.5" 1.75. Hardcover. Bound in brown sheepskin leather. Covers are plain. Sine bears a red leather label stamped in gilt lettering and flat gilt bands. Indexed. Includes Botanical Grammar and Dictionary at the back. 451 pp. [1], 1-12 pp., [2], 14-63 pp., [61]. <br><br>ABOUT THE AUTHOR: "Amos Eaton (1776-1842) was an American botanist, geologist, and educator who is considered the founder of the modern scientific prospectus in education, which was a radical departure from the American liberal arts tradition of classics, theology, lecture, and recitation. Eaton co-founded the Rensselaer School in 1824 with Stephen van Rensselaer III "in the application of science to the common purposes of life". His books in the eighteenth century were among the first published for which a systematic treatment of the United States was attempted, and in a language that all could read. His teaching laboratory for botany in the 1820s was the first of its kind in the country." (Wikipedia).<br><br>CONDITION: Wear on the cover with some leather stripping. 1/2 inch piece is missing from the leather at the head of the spine. Inner hinges are cracked, yet boards are still firmly affixed and binding is sound. Foxed throughout. Notation at the head of page 254 dated 1831, and some additional notation within the back endpapers in dipped ink and pencil. Page 21/22 within the appendix has 1 inch open tear removing some text at the foot. Collated and complete. A charming, readable little book which fits comfortably in your hand. Full refund if not satisfied.