Description
The Glasgow Botanical Society The botanical quarterly, volume 1 part 2 and part 3, 1868, manuscript proof[?] copies, hand-coloured and partly hand-drawn title-pages, articles include Sketches from Kentucky, part first dated Louisville 1868, and the continuation First impressions of America, part II, volumes contain 72 and 57 manuscript pages respectively, several ink sketches in the text and one 'plate' of ink sketches, paper wrappers, covers worn (2)
Footnote
Note: The two volumes contain several articles, but maybe the most interesting are those by 'Kentuckiana', dated 1868, recounting a botanist's experiences of emigrating to Louisville. Despite having a distinctly botanical focus, the writing on America also describes the sea voyage to New York, New York itself, the rail journey to Louisville and briefly mentions race relations in Louisville.