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A Tribute To The Memory Of Peter Collinson: With Some Notice Of Dr. Darlington'S Memorials Of John Bartram And Humphry Marshall

A Tribute To The Memory Of Peter Collinson: With Some Notice Of Dr. Darlington'S Memorials Of John Bartram And Humphry Marshall

H. Dillingham, William

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Biographies GeneralBotany & HorticultureGeneral World History

ISBN10: 9354504256
ISBN13: 9789354504259
Publisher: Alpha Edition
Published: Apr 6 2021
Pages: 42
Weight: 0.17
Height: 0.10 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
Behind eighteenth-century botany stands a web of friendships, faith, and seeds. Letters that moved living worlds. A Tribute To The Memory Of Peter Collinson is a memorial tribute essay and biographical historical sketch of the Quaker merchant-naturalist whose influence reached far beyond his own garden. William H. Dillingham traces Collinson's place in quaker scientific networks and the transatlantic plant exchange that linked London to colonial Philadelphia botany, helping shape what we now call the history of botany. With a clear-eyed notice of Dr. Darlington's john bartram memorials and the legacy of the humphry marshall botanist, the book brings together people, plants, and ideas at the moment when collectors and correspondents were building modern science by hand. Read as a primary source reprint in spirit, it offers a vivid window onto academic botany research, early American natural history, and the tastes and debates of eighteenth century British botany. Republished by Alpha Editions in a careful modern edition, this volume preserves the spirit of the original while making it effortless to enjoy today -- a heritage title prepared for readers and collectors alike. For casual readers, it is an accessible doorway into a remarkable community of plant lovers; for collectors of rare pamphlets and classic-literature hunters, it is a finely judged historical record worth keeping close.

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