The Northern Flora; or A Description of the Wild Plants Belonging to the North and East of Scotland. Pt I [all published]

Description:

First edition. Rare. With an account of their places of growth and properties.

Freeman 2727

Condition

8vo, orig. cloth-backed printed boards, slightly worn and marked; occasional foxing/spotting. 2-page facsimile (extracts of letters between Carl Linnaeus and David Skene) bound between Appendix and Index. Appendix: (1) 'Notes from the Ancients, on certain Indigenous Species' by F. Adams and (2) 'Observations on the Agricultural Properties of Native Plants' by J. Farquharson.