Catalogue of exotic plants cultivated in the island of Mauritius : at the Royal Botanic Garden Pamplemousses, at his Excellency the governor's garden at Reduit, at Mon Plaisir, Bois Cheri, &c. &c. &c. : with an enumeration of the most remarkable indigenous plants of that colony

"Compiled and published under the auspices and authority of his Excellency Sir Robert Townsend Farquhar, baronet, governor, captain-general, vice-admiral, &c. &c. &c." Second edition. The first edition was published at Mauritius, printed by Baron & Souvignec, November 1816. Authorship attributed to John Vaughan Thompson. See R.E. Vaughan, "A forgotten work by John Vaughan Thompson" in Proceedings of the Royal Society of Arts & Sciences of Mauritius, volume 1, part 3 (1953), pages 241-249; and Laurence Dorr, Plant collectors in Madagascar and the Comoro Islands (London: Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 1997), pages 472-473. This work is sometimes also attributed to Dr. W.H. Burke, as for instance in the Christie's auction catalog for sale 6890, The Quentin Keynes Collection (2004), in which a copy of this publication was sold as lot 189. Printer from colophon. Also available online. SCNHRB copy 39088012039046 has bookplate: Smithsonian Institution Libraries. Purchased from the Cullman Endowment. SCNHRB copy was sold at Christie's as lot 189 of sale 6890 ("The Quentin Keynes Collection") on April 7-8, 2004. SCNHRB copy has stamped on title page: Fort Pitt Medical Library. Faint, illegible manuscript ink inscription, partially cropped, at top of title page. SCNHRB copy has a modern full red goatskin binding with title in gilt on spine; signed "G" on back turn-in. Elecresource