Collections towards a Flora of the Territory of Arkansas by Thomas Nuttall [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article VI]
by Nuttall, Thomas
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Philadelphia: Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother, 1837. Very Good +. [1], 140-203, [1] p.; 29 cm. Disbound from a larger volume. Read before the Society on April 4, 1834. Thomas Nuttall (1786-1859) was an English botanist who trained as a printer, but was encouraged to follow his interest in botany after coming to Philadelphia in the early 19th century. He spent much of the rest of his life studying the flora and fauna of the United States, publishing Manual of the Ornithology of the United States and of Canada, heading the botanical gardens at Harvard University, and working at the Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia. This is one of several important papers of that were published in the Transactions of the American Philosophical Society. Scarce. In Very Good+ Condition: disbound from a larger volume; final leaf largely detached from text block; minimal foxing; otherwise, clean and bright.
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- Collections towards a Flora of the Territory of Arkansas by Thomas Nuttall [Transactions of the American Philosophical Society, vol. 5 New Series, Article VI]
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- Nuttall, Thomas
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- Printed by James Kay, Jun. & Brother
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- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1837
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