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Jacob Bigelow's American medical botany, 1817-1821 : an examination of the origin, printing, binding and distribution of America's first color plate book, with special emphasis on the manner of making and printing its colored plates
- Title
- Jacob Bigelow's American medical botany, 1817-1821 : an examination of the origin, printing, binding and distribution of America's first color plate book, with special emphasis on the manner of making and printing its colored plates / by Richard J. Wolfe.
- Author
- Wolfe, Richard J. 1928-2017.
- Publication
- North Hills, Pa. : Bird & Bull Press ; Boston, Mass. : Boston Medical Library, 1979.
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Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Restricted use | *KP (Bird) 80-304 | Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328 |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Permit needed | Schlosser 557 | Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308 |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Annin, William B., 1791?-1839.
- Description
- 121 p., [2] leaves of plates : ill. (1 col.); 26 cm.
- Subjects
- Note
- "Approximately 300 copies"--Colophon.
- Printed in black and green on apricot paper.
- Illustrations: 2 prints from 1 plate : engraving, 1 hand col., full-page. Engraved by William B. Annin after Bigelow. (Unused original plates from American medical botany (replaced by aquatints on stone printed in color)). Subject: Copis trifolia (plate V).
- Binding, publisher's, by E.G. Parrot, of quarter brown morocco and decorative paper boards.
- Indexed In (note)
- Taylor, W.T. Bird & Bull
- Call Number
- *KP (Bird) 80-304
- LCCN
- 79112272 //r862
- OCLC
- NYPG814174861-B
- Author
- Wolfe, Richard J. 1928-2017.
- Title
- Jacob Bigelow's American medical botany, 1817-1821 : an examination of the origin, printing, binding and distribution of America's first color plate book, with special emphasis on the manner of making and printing its colored plates / by Richard J. Wolfe.
- Imprint
- North Hills, Pa. : Bird & Bull Press ; Boston, Mass. : Boston Medical Library, 1979.
- Indexed In:
- Taylor, W.T. Bird & Bull, A21
- Local Note
- Rare Books copy: No. 47. Ford Collection.Schlosser copy: No. 76. Prospectus (1 folded sheet) laid in.
- Connect to:
- Added Author
- Annin, William B., 1791?-1839.
- Research Call Number
- *KP (Bird) 80-304Schlosser 557