[Rarebooks] FS: 1818 survey of flora found near Philadelphia

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(BOTANY) Barton, William P. C.  COMPENDIUM FLORAE PHILADELPHICAE:
Containing a Description of the Indigenous and Naturalized Plants Found
Within a Circuit of Ten Miles Around Philadelphia. In Two Volumes.
Philadelphia: Published by M. Carey and Son. 1818. First edition. 12mo.
(8),252;234pp. Indices. Orig. boards, uncut. Rebacked in green linen
(now darkened), later paper spine labels. Occasional light
foxing. $500.00 (trade discount allowed)
Barton, beginning in 1815, was professor of Botany at the University of
Pennsylvania.

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