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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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TextRestricted use *KP (Bird) 80-304Schwarzman Building - Rare Book Collection Room 328
TextPermit needed Schlosser 557Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308

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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.
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Added Author
Annin, William B., 1791?-1839.
Research Call Number
*KP (Bird) 80-304
Schlosser 557
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