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ment by the publisher that part 2 of the same volume will shortly be 
published, followed by an advertisement of books, none of them botani- 
cal. Volume 1, part 2 represents a prospectus of the present work. It is 
dated May 1818 and states that “Two half volumes are already pub- 
lished.” Volume 2, part 1 bears advertisements of books either pub- 
lished by Cummings and Hilliard, or which are in the press. The first 
item mentioned is AMERICAN MEDICAL BOTANY, Nos. 1, 2, & 3. 
That for Volume 2, part 2, reports an error on the front cover of Volume 
2, part 1, where the plate numbers are reported as “I, II” etc. instead of 
“XXI, XXII” etc. It reports further that a work titled Outlines of 
Botany . . . by John Locke is in press [this work was published in 1819] 
and lists additional nonbotanical titles. 
Using these data, and considering the contents and _ bibliographical 
characteristics of both the NcD-MC and HBL copies, the following for- 
mal treatment has been prepared: 
American medical botany. 3 vols. Boston, 1817-1820 [1817-1821]. 
AMERICAN | MEDICAL BOTANY, | BEING-A COLLECTION | OF THE | 
NATIVE MEDICINAL PLANTS | OF THE | UNITED STATES, | CON- 
TAINING THEIR | BOTANICAL HISTORY AND CHEMICAL ANALYSIS, 
| AND PROPERTIES AND USES | IN | MEDICINE, DIET AND THE 
ARTS, | WITH | COLOURED ENGRAVINGS. | [very short thick-thin 
double rule] | BY JACOB BIGELOW, M.D. | RUMFORD PROFESSOR 
AND LECTURER ON MATERIA MEDICA AND BOTANY | IN HAR- 
VARD UNIVERSITY. | [very short thin-thick double rule ] | VOL. I. | [5 
dots in line] | BOSTON: | PUBLISHED BY CUMMINGS AND HILLIARD, 
AT THE | BOSTON BOOKSTORE, NO. 1, CORNHILL. | **** | UNI- 
VERSITY PRESS .... HILLIARD AND METCALF. | 1817. 
[Vol. II]: ...| VOL. II. |... | BOSTON BOOKSTORE, NO. 1 CORN- 
Bia, |». - | 1818. 
[Vol. III]: ...| MEDICINE, DIET, AND THE ARTS, | WITH 
COLOURED ENGRAVINGS, | [short double rule] | BY JACOB BIGELOW, 
M.D. | RUMFORD PROFESSOR, AND PROFESSOR OF MATERIA MEDI- 
CA IN HARVARD UNIVERSITY. | [short double rule] | VOL. III. | [short 
thick-thin double rule] | BOSTON: | PUBLISHED BY CUMMINGS AND 
HILLIARD, AT THE BOSTON | BOOKSTORE, NO. 1 CORNHILL. | [very 
short double rule] | UNIV. PRESS .... HILLIARD AND METCALF. | 
1820. 
CoLiaTION: 8° in 4’s: Vol. 1: 1* 2? 3-14" (—14x) 15* 16-25‘; i—v vi-xi xii 17 18-32 33 
34-38 39 40-51 52 53-59 60 61-65 66 67-74 75 76-83 84 85-89 90 91-95 96 97-110 
111-113 114-124 125 126-132 133 134-141 142 143-148 149 150-154 155 156-160 161 
162-168 169 170-176 177 178-186 187 188-191 192 193-197 198, 
Vol. 2: 1* 2-13* 14* 15-25*; i-v vi-vii viiiix x-xiii xiv (in NcD-MC copy as “xvi”) 
15 16-26 27 28-33 3435-40 41 42-50 51 52-58 59 60-66 67 68-72 73 74-81 82 83-96 
97 98-104 105-107 108-114 115 116-120 121 122-136 137 138-141 142 143-147 148 
149-153 154 155-159 160 161-165 166 167-170 171 172-187 188 189-199 200. 
Vol. 3: 1* 2-12* 13° (—132) 14* 15-25* 26°; i-v vi-x 11 12-18 19 20-31 32 33-42 43 
