Catesby Logger-head Turtle Hand-Colored Plate This is the original printing

This is the original printing of this early work on the mycology of Ohio

clean copy in near fine condition

Publisher Joannis Martyn Publisher Place Londini Date Published 1676 Date Published Estimated No Edition First edition Number of Volumes 1 Reprint No Condition Near Fine Condition Description There is a touch of faint foxing to a few of the text pages

Petersburg Date Published 1898 Date Published Estimated No Edition First edition Number of Volumes 1 Reprint No Condition Very good Condition Description Wrappers a bit chipped along the spine

Publisher Danish Botanical Society Publisher Place Copenhagen

Catesby Logger-head Turtle Hand-Colored Plate This is the original printingHand colored lithographic plate, image size 13. 75 inches wide by 10 inches long, page size approximately 21 inches wide by 13 inches long. From: Catesby, M., The Natural History of Carolina, Florida & the Bahama Islands, 1736 1771, Volume 2, plate number 40. Image depicts a green turtle ("Testudo marina Cauanna", now Caretta caretta Linnaeus). Plate was previously framed without accompanying text. This hand colored plate came from either the first or