Title from general t.p. issued with pt. 4; publisher from special t.p. for pt. 1

Each part has special t.p. and separate paging

Planned as a work in 6 parts but concluded in 4 parts, issued between Dec. 1836 and late 1838. See publisher's notice on original back wrappers, and the article by J.H. Barnhart in Torreya 7 (1907): 177-182

Rafinesque's Flora telluriana is a companion to this work; see publisher's notice on original back wrappers

Includes indexes

(from t.p.) I. Lexicon and monographs -- II. Neophyton &c. -- III. New sylva &c. -- IV. Neobotanon &c., with introductions, sketches, notes, indexes, &c

Fitzpatrick's Rafinesque (1982 ed.)

Pritzel

Sabin

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SCNHRB has two copies

SCNHRB c. 1 (39088009939497) has pts. 1-4 bound together in 1 v., with some of the original printed yellow wrappers bound in

SCNHRB c. 1 has 2 typed lists of publication dates for the various parts mounted on front paste-down endpaper and front free endpaper

SCNHRB c. 1 has stamps: 1. (embossed) Smithsonian Institution National Museum; accession no. 189118; 2. (ink) S.F. Baird

SCNHRB c. 1 has brown buckram library binding with gilt-lettered spine and marbled edges

SCNHRB c. 2 has pt. 4 only (39088009939588), with stamps: 1. S.F. Baird; 2. Library, United States National Museum, Smithsonian Institution, Oct. 6, 1885; accession no. 189118

SCNHRB c. 2 has later green paperboard pamphlet binder with black cloth spine; title inked on cover; original yellow wrapper bound in

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