Jacob Bigelow's American Medical Botany 1817 - 1821. An Examination of the Origin, Printing, Binding and Distribution of America's First Color Plate Book. With Special Emphasis on the Manner of Making and Printing Its Colored Plates.
North Hills, PA: Bird & Bull Press, 1979. Hard Cover. Octavo, [xii]121 pages; number 211 of 300 numbered copies printed. Quarter red leather over decorative boards. America's first color plate book: "The two illustrations mounted into this study comprise original, engraved plates - one hand-colored and one left uncolored -..... More