About plants : with many engravings.
Bibliographic Citation:
About plants : with many engravings. Worcester [Mass.] : Published by J. Grout, Jr., [184-?]
Contributor:
Grout, Jonathan, 1815-1882, publisher.
Publisher:
Published by J. Grout, Jr., [184-?]
Notes:
  • Estimated decade of publication from Checklist of American imprints.
  • In illustrated yellow wrapper.
  • Includes an illustration of each plant.
  • Title page vignette.
  • Alphabet on p. [4].
  • First sentence: "Botany, or the study of plants, is a very interesting study, particularly for young persons."
  • Includes 16 woodcuts.
  • Contents: Frankincense -- Camphor -- Cinnamon -- The cane -- Flax -- Fig tree -- The plantain -- The mandrake -- The lign aloe -- The palm tree.
  • Citations/References: Checklist Amer. imprints, 40-16
  • Copy in McGill Library's Rare Books and Special Collections: frontispiece; 3 full-page woodcuts; 10 woodcuts in text; yellow pictorial wrappers; I. Mackenzie, Montreal, Dec/59, $5.00; given to McGill 2001.
Physical Description:
text.chapbook.black and white, 12 x 10 cm.
Language:
English
Subject:
Plants -- Juvenile literature.
Botany -- Juvenile literature.
Chapbooks -- Specimens.
Genre/Form:
Juvenile literature -- 1840.
Chapbooks -- Massachusetts -- Worcester -- 19th century
Chapbook Category:
Geographical Description, Local History and Natural History
Call Number:
PN970 G76 A3 1840z Rare Books/Special Collections - Sheila R. Bourke Collection
Digital Collection:
McGill Library's Chapbook Collection
Sponsor:
The McGill Library's Chapbook Collection was made possible through a generous donation from the Harold Crabtree Foundation.
Copyright:
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Link to this chapbook:
http://digital.library.mcgill.ca/chapbooks/fullrecord.php?ID=8230
Chapbook Identifier:
PN970_G76_A3_1840z