Author: Hunt, Rachel McMasters Miller
Title: William Penn, Horticulturist
Description: University of Pittsburgh Press, 1953.1st edition.Publisher's blue cloth, translucent dust jacket.V.g./Good .Limited edition (999 copies).Jacket sl.frayed, internally near fine.Gilt signature of Penn on front cover, gilt lettering on spine.A short biography of Penn, the founder of Pennsylvania, accompanied by a figure of Penn's coat of arms and an un-numbered 8-page facsimile of his "" general description of the Province of Pennsylvania"" (1683).The author founded the Hunt Center for Botanical Documentation at the Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh and was a devoted collector of botanical works.The frontispiece shows Inman's full-length portrait of Penn.(6), 38, (1) pages not including the facsimile section and 2 illustrations. In English.1 kg.

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