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March 16, 2009: First Editon Catesby Donated to University of South Carolina
"About half of the first-edition printing of nearly 200 survive intact, including about 70 in libraries worldwide, said Leslie Overstreet, curator of natural history collections at Smithsonian Institution Libraries."
"An unknown number remain in private hands, several likely in South Carolina, where rich planters were among Catesby’s original fans. The Charleston Museum and Middleton Place have first-edition sets."
