Insectivorous Plants (First American Edition) lettered in orange

lettered in orange

18 full page plates - many are black-and-white photos

There is a section on herpetology

it seems to confirm an edition of only 300 copies

Carroll and Cook Publisher Place Albany Date Published 1843 Date Published Estimated No Edition First edition Number of Volumes 1 Reprint No Condition Near fine Condition Description The text is bright and clean

Insectivorous Plants (First American Edition) lettered in orangePp. x, 462, (8, ads). Publishers original brick red cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine, decorated with four black wheels and black panel lines on the front and rear boards, original yellow endpapers, sm 8vo. Freeman #1220. The American first edition was published from the stereos of the first English edition which also appeared in 1875. From the research collection of A. G. Brice of New Orleans with his bookplate on the front attached endpaper.