The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica. Containing 1. An accurate Description of that Island, its Situation, and Soil; with a brief Account of its former and present State, Government, Revenues, Produce, and Trade. 2. An History of the Natural Productio

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BROWNE, PATRICK, The Civil and Natural History of Jamaica. Containing 1. An accurate Description of that Island, its Situation, and Soil; with a brief Account of its former and present State, Government, Revenues, Produce, and Trade. 2. An History of the Natural Productio
London: Sold by B. White and Son, 1789. Third edition (first edition was 1756). Folio. 49 copper-engraved plates by George Dionysius Ehret. viii, 503, [646, Index] pp. Bound in contemporary diced calf, rebacked. Bookplate of Clarence Dillon, Dunwalke Library, and with a note that it comes from the Library of Owen D. Young, Esq. Sabin 8671; Nissen BBl 255; Cundal Bibliographia Jamaicensis 416. ¶ Browne was an Irish physician who lived for several years the West Indies and settled in Jamaica in 1746. This is his major work, particularly valuable for its contribution to botany

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