1870 Rhind BOTANICAL History Vegetable Kingdom Plants Botany Illustrated Herbal
by RHIND, William
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- Hardcover
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1870 Rhind BOTANICAL History Vegetable Kingdom Plants Botany Illustrated Herbal
William Rhind's 'History of the Vegetable Kingdom' is a rare, 19th-century book written to help classify plants and provide comprehensive descriptions of leaves, seeds, fruits, flowers, and vegetables. This work is notable for its impressive collection of colored illustrations.
Item number: #17165
Price: $550
RHIND, William
A history of the vegetable kingdom: embracing the physiology, classification, and culture of plants, with their uses to man and the lower animals, and their application in the arts, manufactures, and domestic economy.
London: Blackie and Son..., 1870.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages
o xvi, 744
o 46 steel-engraved plates
o Hundreds of woodcut engravings throughout
· Provenance: Bookplate – Thomas Spotswood Ash.
o Motto – NON NOBIS SED OMNIBUS
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~10in X 7.25in (25.5cm x 18cm)
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- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17165
- Title
- 1870 Rhind BOTANICAL History Vegetable Kingdom Plants Botany Illustrated Herbal
- Author
- RHIND, William
- Format/Binding
- Leather; tight and secure
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Blackie and Son
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1870
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1870 Rhind BOTANICAL, History Vegetable Kingdom, Plants, Botany, Illustrated, Herbal, A history of the vegetable kingdom: embracing the physiology, classification, and culture of plants, with their uses to man and the lower animals, and their application
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- Leaves
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- Tight
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