FLORA CESTRICA. An Herborizing Companion for the Young Botanists of Chester County. Third Edition.
by Darlington, William
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Lindsay & Blakiston, Philadelphia: ., 1853 pp. 598 + Colored Map. XLib. (withdrawn). Some foxing and damp stain. Original full leather binding. Front board and spine almost detached. Early ownership of J.G. Getchell. William Darlington (1782-1863) was a Chester County physician and botanist, and a member of the U.S. House of Representatives from PA. He became a botanist at an early age, studied medicine, and graduated from the medical department of the University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia in 1804. He went to the East Indies as ship's surgeon in 1806. He returned to West Chester in 1807 and was a practicing physician there for a number of years. He raised a company of volunteers at the beginning of the War of 1812 and was major of a volunteer regiment. Darlington was elected as a Democratic-Republican to the Fourteenth Congress; the Sixteenth; and the Seventeenth Congresses. He was appointed canal commissioner in 1825, and served as president of the West Chester Railroad. He established a natural history society in West Chester in 1826 and published several significant works on botany and natural history. Sabin 18596. The best edition. PA22 0.0. Hardcover.
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- FLORA CESTRICA. An Herborizing Companion for the Young Botanists of Chester County. Third Edition.
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