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BARHAM, Henry.
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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, etc. [Edited by Alexander Aikman.]
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Soulsby no. 754*

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Publisher:
Alexander Aikman
Place of publication:
Kingston, Jamaica
Publishing year:
1794
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Physical description:
7, 212 pages ; (8o)
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English

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AIKMAN, Alexander.
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017373172
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Barham, Henry, -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 Linnæan index.
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Soulsby no.:
Soulsby no. 754*

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Publisher:
printed and published by Alexander Aikman
Place of publication:
Kingston, Jamaica
Publishing year:
1794
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Physical description:
7, 212, [36] p. ; 23cm.
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Language(s):
English

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Edited, and with a preface, by Alexander Aikman. Linnaean index by Arthur Broughton.
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Subject:
Slavery Plantations West Indies
Slavery Plantations South America
Abolition of Slavery
Slavery European attitudes
Plantation crops West Indies
Slavery Health West Indies
Slavery Diet West Indies
Medicinal plants West Indies
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Broughton, Arthur,
-1796.
Aikman, Alexander.
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993401502081
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By permission of the Trustees of The Natural History Museum (London).
Ms. annotation in pencil on p. 6 of the preface. There are 19 p., unnumbered, bound in at end. This is a copy made June 16, 1916 of a list of plant names from The Columbian Magazine, or Monthly Miscellany, Vol. 3. Sept. 1797. Philadelphia, 1797.
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Author:
Barham, Henry, 1670?-1726.
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Title:
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.
Varying title form:
Soulsby no.:
Soulsby no. 754*

Edition details

Publisher:
Printed and published by Alexander Aikman
Place of publication:
Kingston, Jamaica
Publishing year:
1794
Edition:
Physical description:
7, 212, [36] p. ; 23 cm.
Series entry:
Language(s):
English

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Subject:
Plants South America.
Plants Jamaica
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ocm11320743
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Author:
Barham, Henry (1670-1726)
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Main entry uniform title:
Uniform title:
Title:
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.
Varying title form:
Soulsby no.:
Soulsby no. 754*.

Edition details

Publisher:
printed and published by Alexander Aikman
Place of publication:
Kingston, Jamaica
Publishing year:
1794
Edition:
Physical description:
7, 212, [36] p. ; 23 cm.
Series entry:
Language(s):
English

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Text written in 1711; indexes added by Aikman.
Interspersed with many curious and useful observations, respecting their uses in medicine, diet, and mechanics.
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Ex Bibliotheca Hookeriana, 1867" (bookplate).
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Subject:
Jamaica
South America
West Indies
Early printed books
Floras
Additional author(s):
Hooker, William Jackson, Sir
(1785-1865)
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ocm11320743
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