The Botanist. Being the Botanical Part of a Course of Lectures on Natural History, Delivered in the University at Cambridge. Together with a Discourse on the Principle of Vitality.

Waterhouse, Benjamin

Published by Joseph T. Buckingham, Boston, 1811

Condition: Good Hardcover

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The Botanist. Being the Botanical Part of a Course of Lectures on Natural History, Delivered in the University at Cambridge. Together with a Discourse on the Principle of Vitality. By Benjamin Waterhouse and printed in Boston by Joseph T. Buckingham. 1811, 263 pp, 8.5 x 5.5 , 8vo, full leather hardcover. Overall good, with assorted rubbing and wear to boards, primarily along edges and corners. Partial loss to title label on spine. Cracking to hinges at front and rear. Text block remains bound well with minor wear. Variety of markings and marginalia towards front. Bookworm boreholes at rear and into later pages. General age-related toning to pages, along with periodic foxing and wear. Please see photographs and ask any questions prior to purchasing. A scarce botanical piece by Benjamin Waterhouse (1754-1846), a physician and one of the founders of Harvard Medical School. Waterhouse would also be the first physician to test the smallpox vaccine in the United States, using his own family as test subjects. COLN1811BHIB. Seller Inventory # COLN1811BHIB

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Title: The Botanist. Being the Botanical Part of a ...

Publisher: Joseph T. Buckingham, Boston

Publication Date: 1811

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

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