Historical and Biographical Sketches of the Progress of Botany in England Volume 1
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.1790 Excerpt: ... ' Dear Sir, AS soon as I had determined to lay before the public the ensuing Sketches, I could not hesitate in choosing whose name I siiould wish might honour the introduction of them into the world--To whom could a work of this nature, with so much propriety be addressed, as to him who had not only relinquished, for a series of years, all the allurements that a polished nation could display to opulence and early age, but had exposed A a himself himself to numberless perils, and the repeated risk of life itself, that he might attain higher degrees of that knowledge, which these sketches are intended to commemorate, in his predecessors and countrymen; and as the result of which, he has enlarged the stock of natural science, beyond all prior example? Thar:::tiberality.,/'Sirj: with which you iihir.Vth.eJrnit:of your various labours, ai&/ai&:'&slinguislied patronage y:o«;s6jimiy: afford to natural history at iarge, and to botanical science in particular, as they demand, ib have they justly secured to you, the grateful acknowledgments of all lovers of that science, and of literature, and philosophy in general. I have, Sir, on this occasion only to regret, that my distant situation has not allowed me, in the compilation of these pages, those benefits which your most extensive and valuable library would have held forth to me; and and of which, you so generously permit the communication, to such as desire to avail themselves of its advantages. Permit me then, Sir, to have the honour of inscribing to you the following Sketches, as to an eminent, and no less candid judge of the subject: and, as a public testimony of that most perfect respect and esteem, with which I am, DEAR SIR, Your much obliged, and Most obedient humble Servant, PREFACE. IN the enlightened A... Paperback, Label: General Books LLC, General Books LLC, Product group: Book, Published: 2012-02-09, Studio: General Books LLC.

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