A Man Who Can Speak of Plants: Dr.Thomas Coulter (1793-1843) of Dundalk in Ireland, Mexico and Alta California [Gren Lucas' copy]

Dublin: Published by the author, 1994. Well illustrated, octavo, pp viii, 181, paperback, the slightest signs of use, but really a very good copy. Signed by author on title page, and inscribed to the botanist and conservationist Gren Lucas - "for Gren at the Linnean Society, 15th October 1998". A numbered limited edition of only 500 copies, this being number 394. [Coulter was an Irish physician, botanist and explorer. He was a member of the Royal Irish Academy, and a fellow of Trinity College, Dublin, where he founded the college's herbarium. After taking his medical degree in Dublin, Coulter studied botany in Geneva for seventeen months under Swiss taxonomist Augustin de Candolle. Coulter then served as physician with the Real del Monte Company in Mexico, during which period he collected plants in the region. He is best remembered for exploration and botanical research in Mexico, Arizona and Alta California in the early 19th century. He subsequently returned to Ireland in 1834 and became curator of the herbarium at Trinity College, Dublin.]. Signed by Author. First Edition. Paperback. Very Good. Privately Printed.