The Young botanist, or, A sketch of the life of Linnæus
Subtitle: designed for young persons
Series: Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood; Nineteenth Century Collections Online: Children's Literature and Childhood
Publisher: Munroe and Francis; Charles S. Francis
Published: 1829
Place of publication: Boston; New-York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 126
Other titles: Sketch of the life of Linnæus; Life of Linnæus.
Notes: "The following particulars are drawn chiefly from the tour of Linnæus in Lapland, written by himself, and translated into English by Sir J. Smith; and from Dr. Trapp's translation of the life of Linnæus."--Preface, pages [iii]-iv, dated January, 1829. Text is written mainly in the form of letters from a father to his children.

Spine, cover, and running title: Life of Linnæus, or The young botanist.

The firm of Munroe and Francis published in Boston from 1802 to 1853. Charles S. Francis first published in New York in 1826. Preface dated January, 1829.

In printed boards with leather spine.

Illustration on upper cover signed "H" (i.e., Alonzo Hartwell?). Frontispiece plate engraved on metal.

Reproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.