First edition printed in Marburg, 1789.

Bookseller's catalogue: p. [1-6], 3rd count.

Included are many materials from the New World, including some recent reports on new botanicals described in science periodicals. The botanical articles described the plant, its origins, the health benefits and the drugs that can be extracted from them and how those preparations are made. The New World materials includes: {28}Die Kartoffel.

Signatures: ⁴ (1 verso blank) A-2C⁸ 2D⁴ 2E⁸

Includes a German index on p. [419]-425, and a Latin index on p. 426-434.

Short title catalogue of eighteenth century printed books in the National Library of Medicine, 307.

Purchase; 2016; 17-057.

Text primarily in German but includes the Latin names of plants and a Latin index.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary blue paper over boards.

John Carter Brown Library copy acquired with the assistance of the Sophia Augusta Brown Fund.