Monroe Colonel (2 results)

Pamphlet. Condition: Good. First Edition. Removed, 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches, 11 pp., foxing. Newly stab sewn. The ship and cargo belonging to Reuben Shapley was captured by the British ship of war Talbot, and the time and place of the capture was, according to Shapley, within the limits of treaty that should have resulted in the ship and cargo being set free. Instead, the ship and cargo disappeared into a Cuban port, never to be seen again. The British officers in charge were blamed, "she was lost by the negligence or misconduct on the part of the officers." The British government refused Mr. Shipley's demand of payment and here he appeals to the US Congress, with all of the proofs at his disposal, to impose upon Great Britain to meet his demands.

No Binding. Condition: Good. One paper. Disbound and extracted from Transactions of the Linnean Society of London. Paper read November 15th, 1866. 4to ( 288 by 220 mm). Pp. 157, with 6 plain lithographed plates. Drawn and lithographed by W.H. Fitch. Printed by J.N.Fitch. First leaf (p1 & 2) just held by top binding stitch. Light toning to page and Plate edges, otherwise in good clean bright condition. ** 'My numerous friends in all parts of the world have for so many years intrusted me with their extensive and valuable collections of grasses, that I have long been extremely anxious to make the knowledge which I have acquired in examining these specimens, which may be counted by tens of thousands, of use to botanists generally. Recently I have had more leisure and access, through the liberality of my friends, to the best botanical libraries in England. I therefore have much pleasure in making a beginning , by offering the Linnean Society a memoir on the Bambusaceae, a very important division of Gramineae.' **. William Munro (1818-1880) was a senior English Army officer and plant collector, botanist and agrostologist (specialist on grasses). His botanical works included Hortus Bangalorensis and Hortus Agrensis. Munro became a fellow of the Linnean Society of London in 1840. He conducted collecting expeditions to India (18341838), Kashmir (1847), and Barbados (18701875). His main research field was tropical grasses, including the bamboo species of which he published a monograph in 1868. The genera Munroa, Munronia and Munrochloa are named in his honour. (Wiki).