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<dl><dd>Virgules replaces by commas in title page transcription</dd>
<dd>Date of publication printed after place of publication on title page</dd>
<dd>German translation, by Ferdinand Ludwig von Bressler und Aschenburg, of the author's Curiositez de la nature et de l'art sur la végétation, first printed Paris, 1705</dd>
<dd>First German translation printed in Breslau, 1708</dd>
<dd>Chapter 13 includes an account of oyster bearing trees in Guadeloupe and barnacles in Greenland; chapter 5 mentions sugar plants in the West Indies (p. 133-134); plate bound to face p. 126 illustrates a tree being tapped for maple syrup in Canada</dd>
<dd>Signatures: a-b⁸ (a1 verso blank) c² (c2 verso blank) A-2I⁸ (2F5 verso blank)</dd>
<dd>Includes index</dd>
<dd>Title page printed in red and black; head and tail pieces; initials</dd>
<dd>Cf. Cioranescu, A. 18s, 42076 (Paris, 1705 edition)</dd>
<dd>Cf. Hunt, R. Botanical books, 409 (Paris, 1705 edition)</dd>
<dd>Cf. Alden, J.E. European Americana, 705/174 (Paris, 1705 edition)</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full calf</dd>
<dd>John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Sophia Augusta Brown Fund</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Botany; Botany; Natural history; Sugar; Maple syrup industry; Imprint 1714</div>
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<dl><dd>Vallemont, abbé de (Pierre Le Lorrain), 1649-1721</dd>
<dd>Bressler und Aschenburg, Ferdinand Ludwig von, 1681-1722</dd></dl></div>
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