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Second, revised edition, with the first appearance of the map of Clayton's travels: “an important 18th century map of Virginia” (Hunt). Clayton was seldom north of the Rappahannock or south of the James; “his knowledge of the mountains did not extend beyond the Blue Ridge. He was thorough, however, in his exploration of the middle Tidewater districts, and recent botanical work shows that as a field botanist he was more astute than has been realized" (DAB). This edition is important also as it was revised after the 1753 edition of Linnaeus's Species Plantarum, and incorporates the Linnaean system of modern botany. This copy with armorial bookplate of Joseph Rowe Webster. Hunt 571; Sabin 28924.