Des Herrn Abts von Vallemont Merckwürdigkeiten der Natur und Kunst, in Zeugung, Fortpflantzung und Vermehrung der Gewächse; oder der Ackerbau und die Gärtnerey in ihrer Vollkommenheit
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Natural history, Botany, Maple syrup industry, SugarPlaces
West Indies, Canada, Guadeloupe
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Virgules replaces by commas in title page transcription.
Date of publication printed after place of publication on title page.
German translation, by Ferdinand Ludwig von Bressler und Aschenburg, of the author's Curiositez de la nature et de l'art sur la végétation, first printed Paris, 1705.
First German translation printed in Breslau, 1708.
Chapter 13 includes an account of oyster bearing trees in Guadeloupe and barnacles in Greenland; chapter 5 mentions sugar plants in the West Indies (p. 133-134); plate bound to face p. 126 illustrates a tree being tapped for maple syrup in Canada.
Signatures: a-b⁸ (a1 verso blank) c² (c2 verso blank) A-2I⁸ (2F5 verso blank)
Includes index.
Title page printed in red and black; head and tail pieces; initials.
Cf. Cioranescu, A. 18s, 42076 (Paris, 1705 edition)
Cf. Hunt, R. Botanical books, 409 (Paris, 1705 edition)
Cf. Alden, J.E. European Americana, 705/174 (Paris, 1705 edition)
John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary full calf.
John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Sophia Augusta Brown Fund.
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