PBA Galleries

x, [2], 180 pp. Edited with an Introduction and Commentary by Joseph Ewan. Illustrated with 59 plates, 19 of which are in color. (Folio) 15½x11¼, green cloth, lettered in gilt, jacket. First Edition.

Signed by the editor, Joseph Ewan, on the half title, along with an inscription dated 1969. William Bartram of Philadelphia (1739-1823), was the first American-born artist-naturalist. From 1766 to 1776 he was commissioned by Dr. John Fothergill of London to tour the southern colonies, collecting seeds and plants for the Doctor's botanical garden.