BARTON, BENJAMIN THOMAS (1840-1896)

History of the Borough of Bury and Neighbourhood : In the County of Lancaster / By B.T. Barton, Reporter

Bury : Wardleworth 1874. 1st Edition. No. of pages: 326. Physical desc.: xi.[1].326.[2]p.[12] leaves of plates : ill ; 23cm. Plates all captioned. Notes: Signatures: pi. 2pi. B-V (C signed B). chi. Preface is dated January. 1874.Tailpieces. Pages [iv]. [viii]. [xii]. [321] and [327] are blank. Includes index. Subject: Bury (England) - History. Bury (Lancashire). Lancashire - Bury. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked. blind-bordered cloth. Professionally re-cased with a matching gilt-blocked spine; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight. bright. clean and strong. Scans etc. on request. Weight in Kg appr.: 1

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Book number: 168562

BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH, ED.

The Philadelphia Medical and Physical Journal. Part II. Vol. I. 1805.

Philadelphia: John Conrad & Co., 1805. vii, 192, viii pp. 8vo. Original paper covered boards. First edition. An untrimmed copy, spine and hinges repaired, writing on front board, tear in margin of a few leaves, scattered light foxing, several leaves creased, rear end paper mostly torn away; overall about very good.
¶ Barton (1766-1815) was a noted Philadelphia physician and naturalist. He founded the journal in 1805 and edited it for three years. This part contains a 31 page article by Barton entitled An account of the Native American, Or Indian Dogs, which Barton had published earlier in The Philosophical Magazine, a plate of the the bird, American Certhia, or Creeper, by William Bartram., and other articles on, digitalis, Niagara Falls, the powers of steam, and the wheat moth, among dozens of other topics in medicine and nature. An important early medical and naturalist journal. Sabin 3822.

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Book number: 35215

Catalogue: Medicine

Keywords: Americana, 19th c., Medical, Native Americans, Dogs

DE SAINT-PIERRE, JAMES HENRY BERNARDIN (HUNTER, HENRYLTRANSLATOR) (BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH; ORIGINAL NOTES)

Studies of Nature: With the Addition of Numerous Original Notes and Illustrations [Complete in Three Volume Set ]

Philadelphia, Abraham Small 1808, Hardcover. Good with no dust jacket. We fit archival quality clear acrylic covers for additional protection whenever possible. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; xliii, vii, 504; ii, 493 pages; STUDIES OF NATURE: WITH THE ADDITION OF NUMEROUS ORIGINAL NOTES AND ILLUSTRATIONS [complete in three volume set ]. Full bound in leather. Bindings worn. Contents with browning from ink offsets- pages supple. Illustrations, frontis, 417 [2]; foldouts, etc. Originally published in French 1784.; 0 .

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Book number: 27831