Arbustrum Americanum: The American Grove, Or, an Alphabetical Catalogue of Forest Trees and Shrubs, Natives of the American United States

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The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge| exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution| Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print| making them highly accessible to libraries| undergraduate students| and independent scholars.Medical theory and practice of the 1700s developed rapidly| as is evidenced by the extensive collection| which includes descriptions of diseases| their conditions| and treatments. Books on science and technology| agriculture| military technology| natural philosophy| even cookbooks| are all contained here.++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++<sourceLibrary>British Library<ESTCID>W005289<Notes>Advertisement for seeds and plants| p. 170.<imprintFull>Philadelphia: Printed by Joseph Crukshank| in Market-Street| between Second and Third-Streets| MDCCLXXXV [1785]. <collation>xx| 174| [2] p.; 8