BARTON, William P.C. (1786-1856). Vegetable Materia Medica of the United States. First Edition.

Philadelphia: Printed and published by M. Carey & Son., 1817-1818.

Vegetable materia medica of the United States; or Medical botany: containing a botanical, general, and medical history, of medicinal plants indigenous to the United States.: Illustrated by coloured engravings. made after original drawings from nature, done by the author. By William P.C. Barton, M.D. surgeon in the Navy of the United States, and of the hospital for Marines at the Navy-Yard, Philadelphia; fellow of the College of Physicians of Philadelphia; member of the American Philosophical Society; president of the Philadelphia Linnean Society; and professor of botany in the University of Pennsylvania.; Volume I[-II].
2 Volumes, with hand-colored illustrations.

Bound in ¾ red leather, paper board, gilt bands at spine, girl spine title and volume.


H: 11 W: 8 3/4 in.

With bookplate on front pastedown endpapers, “Library of the University of Vermont.” With, “College of Natural History of the University of Vermont,” in ink on front pastedown endpapers. With stamp on t.p. of each volume, “Library of the University of Vermont.” Good. Covers and edges rubbed. Ex-library copy. Some foxing throughout. Plates in volume I with significant offsetting.