WANGENHEIM, Friedrich Adam Julius von (1749-1800). Beytrag zur teutschen holzgerechten Forstwissenschaft. Göttengen: J. C. Dieterich, 1787.

Folio (389 x 247 mm). 31 engraved plates (3 folding). Later half calf, marbled boards.

FIRST EDITION, describing North American tree and shrub species, one of the first systematic treatments of North American trees with illustrations, predating Michaux's first illustrated oaks by 14 years. Wagenheim fought as a mercenary in the American War of independence as a Hessian soldier with the British troops; the plates are all after field drawings he completed in America. Cleveland Collection 574; Nissen BBI 2105; Sabin 101238.


Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil