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2010 — Lakeside Classics Series. "This volume focuses on a portion of this country which has not been touched on in any previous volumes of the Lakeside Classics and provides a description as they were seen c,1770 by the naturalist author " equally skilled as a botanist, a writer and as an artist " Originally published in Philadelphia in 1791, this volume , edited by Thomas P. Slaughter, is "a shortened version, containing only the first two parts, somehat abridged" This ediiton retains some of the original black & white illlustrations, some by Bartram himself, and many more - some in colour - by his contemporaries. 324p. Illustrated with 37 plates , maps .index. The Lakeside Press Classics series was started in 1903 by Thomas E. Donnelley, [who] believed that a simple book, dignified and well designed, would be an appropriate holiday gift. Beautifully printed on fine paper in a handsome green cloth covered boards, with gilt title and decorations. Small format nice gift volume. Book