☞ Arbustrum Americanum : the American grove, or, an alphabetical catalogue of forest trees and shrubs, natives of the American United States, arranged according to the Linnaean system : containing, the particular distinguishing characters of each genus, with plain, simple and familiar descriptions of the manner of growth, appearance, &c. of their several species and varieties : also, some hints of their uses in medicine, dyes, and domestic oeconomy : compiled from actual knowledge and observation, and the assistance of botanical authors.
Creator(s): Marshall, Humphry, 1722-1801 (Author)
Related APS Member(s):
Humphry Marshall
Publication: Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Crukshank, in Market-Street, between Second and Third-Streets, [1785]
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References:
Sabin 44776 | Sabin 44777 | Evans 19068
Editions: 1x 1785, 2x 1788
Editions Note:
One English edition, dedicated to Benjamin Franklin and the American Philosophical Society, plus a French translation, published in Paris in 1788 as Catalogue alphabétique des arbres et arbrisseaux..., and a German translation, published in Leipzig the same year as Beschreibung der wildwachsenden bäume und staudengewächse in den Vereinigten Staaten von Nord-america. Publication of the English edition was subsidized by APS member Samuel Vaughan and undertaken on the condition that the APS would purchase forty copies.
Holding Note:
APS has two copies of the English version, one of them presented by the author on January 28, 1786 as well as a second copy; and one copy of the French translation.
BibNumber: 163.001