Hortus americanus: containing an account of the trees, shrubs, and other vegetable productions, of South-America and the West-India Islands, and particularly of the island of Jamaica; interspersed with many curious and useful observations, respecting their uses in medicine, diet, and mechanics / By the late Henry Barham ; to which are added, a Linnaean index, &c. &c. &c.

  • Barham, Henry, 1670?-1726.
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Hortus americanus: containing an account of the trees, shrubs, and other vegetable productions, of South-America and the West-India Islands, and particularly of the island of Jamaica; interspersed with many curious and useful observations, respecting their uses in medicine, diet, and mechanics / By the late Henry Barham ; to which are added, a Linnaean index, &c. &c. &c. Public Domain Mark. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Kingston, Jamaica : printed and published by Alexander Aikman, 1794.

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7, 212 pages, 36 unnumbered pages ; (8vo)

References note

Stafleu (2nd) 308
Pritzel (2nd) 413
Cundall 426
ESTC T87904

Notes

Text written in 1711; indexes added by Aikman
"Interspersed with many curious and useful observations, respecting their uses in medicine, diet, and mechanics"
Copy 1 Note: The fly-leaf is inscribed 'To the Hon. William Mitchell' from the editor.

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