The Beauty Of Flowers in Field And Wood: Containing the natural orders of families of British Wild Plants: With their Moral Teachings Illustrated
by BARKER, John Theodore;
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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About This Item
Bath; London, Binns and Goodwin; Whittaker and Co., [1852], First edition. . rebacked original cloth spine and boards, gilt title lettering on spine and cover with gilt decorations on both, all edges gilted, marbled endpapers, lightly foxed on few leaves, very good+ sound and solid copy. . 12mo [18 x 13.5 cm]; [iv], xii, 228 pp, ten hand colored lithographed plates, frontis, extra hand colored title page, plus extra color printed title page, plus printed title page [3 title different title pages], other illus, index, errata at end. . Largely botany but with some short philosophical comments interspersed and with charming plates lithographed by J. Gardener & Co. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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- Bookseller
- Horizon Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J13161
- Title
- The Beauty Of Flowers in Field And Wood: Containing the natural orders of families of British Wild Plants: With their Moral Teachings Illustrated
- Author
- BARKER, John Theodore;
- Format/Binding
- Rebacked original cloth spine and boards, gilt title lettering on spine and cover with gilt decorations on both, all edges gilte
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Bath; London, Binns and Goodwin; Whittaker and Co., [1852], First edition.
- Size
- 12mo [18 x 13.5 cm]; [iv], xii,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardening - General;
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- Foxed
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- Cloth
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- Gilt
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- Good+
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- First Edition
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- Rebacked
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- Leaves
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- Errata
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- Title Page
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- Spine
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- 12mo
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