NEW

GENERA

OF AMERICAN

P L A N T S,

By the Author, Father Charles Charles Plumier, of the

Order of Minims in the Province of France, and

Royal Botanist to the American Islands A reference to the French territories in the Caribbean, such as Martinique and Guadeloupe, where Plumier conducted his research..

An ornate woodcut vignette featuring a central sun with a face and radiating rays positioned above a draped banner containing the text "From here [comes] the rising" original Latin: "Hic ortum". Below the banner is an altar or desk on which several books are placed, including an open volume and botanical specimens. The front of the desk is inscribed with the words "And the mind" original Latin: "Et mentem". The entire scene is enclosed in an elaborate Baroque frame with scrollwork, architectural elements, and hanging floral garlands. In the lower left corner of the internal frame, the initials "P. P. f." are visible.

241887

AT PARIS,

From the shop of Jean Boudot, Printer to the King and the Royal

Academy of Sciences, on Rue Saint-Jacques original: "via Jacobæa", at the sign of the Golden Sun.

1703.

WITH THE ROYAL PRIVILEGE A legal grant providing the printer exclusive rights to publish the work, preventing unauthorized copies..

SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION APR 8 1973