cutler-letters_john-lowell_1807-09-01_01

Hamilton 1 Sept 1807
Dear Sir,
The botanical books [inserted text] wh I have proposed to [end inserted text] [crossed out] I would [end crossed out] dispose of
are - Curtis Botanical [indecipherable] in 13 Vol. containing
447 copperplates, with all of figures coloured from
nature, [crossed out] [indecipherable] the price [end crossed out][indecipherable] in London - w. Invoice
[crossed out] Dr. J. E. Smith's [end crossed out] [inserted text] 27 [?u?] 1 [?u?] 2 St. in 8 Vol. - 594 plates
English Botany, by Dr. J. E. Smith [indecipherable] of the Linnean
Society - Figures by James [?Souerby F.R.S.?] [crossed out] [indecipherable] [end crossed out]
and coloured from nature under his direct -
This excellent work has [inserted text] engraved [end inserted text] all of the parts of flower
of each plant, Seperately so as to give a full view
of the generic character. - [?Cost?] in London L11..12.2
Gartner's [?Fruetileas + Seminileus Pluntus?]
=rum. in 2 Vol [indecipherable] containing his most
excellent engravings in 79 tables. L6..10
[?Avlon's Hortus Thewensis?] 3 Vol with
plates elegantly bound - [indecipherable] in London
L3.3.
They were purchased by W. Sam Williams
at a price comparably below ye retailing
price in London, and where books were much cheaper
than at the present time. They are perfectly clean as when
I received them from London. I would sell them by an
invoice from W. Williams, with a reasonable allowance
for freight and charges.
The plant which you call [?Phaseolus gningue folais?]?
I suspect to be ye [?Glycine Apius?] The spiral form of ye carina
[underlined] filamenta - et Stylus [?conflitatues?] ye most essential eh of [indecipherable] [end underlined]