Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Hortus Europae americanus, or, A collection of 85 curious trees and shrubs, the produce of North America; : adapted to the climates and soils of Great Britain, Ireland, and most parts of Europe, &c. Together with their blossoms, fruits and seeds; observations on their culture, growth, constitution and virtues. With directions how to collect, pack up, and secure them in their passage. Adorn'd with 63 figures on 17 copper-plates, large imperial quarto. / By Mark Catesby ...

Accession number
PML 53024
Creator
Catesby, Mark, 1683-1749.
Published
London : Printed for J. Millan, 1767.
Credit line
Gift of Henry S. Morgan, 1962.
Notes
17 copper plates containing 63 figures of plants coloured by hand.
Caption title: Hortus Britanno-Americanus.
Title vignette.
Erratum on p. iii of 2nd group.
2nd ed.
Uncut copy.
Description
[4], vi, 41, [1] p. (p. [2] and [4] of 1st group; [4] of 2nd group; and the last page blank), [17] leaves of plates : ill. ; 38 cm
Provenance
Mrs. J.P. Morgan's collection.
Binding
Gray boards as issued; in 1/2 maroon morocco box case.
Classification
Department