Benjamin Smith Barton Sold at Auction Prices

b. 1766 - d. 1815

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    • Early Book: Barton's Botany, The First American Textbook on Botany
      Feb. 10, 2023

      Early Book: Barton's Botany, The First American Textbook on Botany

      Est: $200 - $400

      Early Book: Barton's Botany, The First American Textbook on Botany published Philadelphia 1803, by Benjamin Smith Barton (1766-1815) "Elements of Botany; or, Outlines of the Natural History of Vegetables: Illustrated by Thirty Plates" 1st edition in 2 parts with 30 plates and frontis, in original binding, missing front board and spine. Provenance: Dr. & Mrs. C.G. Hopper, Jr. Collection

      Charlton Hall
    • BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH. 1766-1815. New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America. Philadelphia: Printed for the author by John Bioren, 1797.
      Sep. 21, 2016

      BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH. 1766-1815. New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America. Philadelphia: Printed for the author by John Bioren, 1797.

      Est: $4,000 - $6,000

      BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH. 1766-1815. New Views of the Origin of the Tribes and Nations of America. Philadelphia: Printed for the author by John Bioren, 1797. 8vo. cix, [2 blank], 83 pp. Modern calf, red label to spine, spine lettered in gilt. Repair at center left margin of title page, light spotting to title and preface, with dampstaining at gutter of 2 leaves. Provenance: Jay Snider (bookplate). FIRST EDITION. Barton, a botanist and professor of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, compiled vocabulary lists from forty American Indian languages and compared them with European and Asian languages. Working from rudimentary data and a crude methodology, he managed to come to a conclusion which has been upheld by modern research: "The nations of America and those of Asia have a common origin" (page lxxxviii). This work is prefaced with a long dedication to Thomas Jefferson, who shared an interest in the subject. Evans 31777; Field 89; Howes B211; Pilling 297; Sabin 3819 ("first philosophical treatise on American philology by an American author").

      Bonhams
    • BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH
      Dec. 13, 2011

      BARTON, BENJAMIN SMITH

      Est: $2,500 - $3,500

      Fragments of the Natural History of Pennsylvania. Philadelphia: Printed for the Author by Way & Groff, 1799 Folio (13 3/4 x 9 3/4 in.; 350 x 250 mm). Title-page and terminal leaf repaired along gutter. Modern marbled boards, linen spine, printed paper label.

      Sotheby's
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