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London: Gurney and Jackson. Very Good+. 1894. Hardcover. Illustrated by John Sowerby with an introduction and a key to the Natural Orders, by C. Peirpoint Johnson. Re-issue: To which is added a supplement containing 180 figures of lately discovered flowering plants by John W. Salter and the ferns, Horsetails, and Club-Mosses by E. Sowerby. Clean green publishers cloth decorated with gilt borders and titles All edges gilt. (xxiv) 180pp. Mainly illustrated with hand color plates with a few b/w engravings. Pictorial frontispiece. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Dark green endpaper. Botany, British Wild Flowers. Plants; Color Plates; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 186 pages .
British Wild Flowers by C. Pierpoint Johnson - 1863
by C. Pierpoint Johnson
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British Wild Flowers
by C. Pierpoint Johnson
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London: John Van Voorst, 1863. Original cloth. Very Good +. John E. Sowerby. A handsome copy of this 1863 early re-issue, "to which is now added a supplement containing 180 figures of lately discovered flowering plants by John W. Salter and the ferns, horsetails, and club-mosses by John E. Sowerby". Solid and VG+ in its dark-green cloth, with crisp gilt-lettering and devices along the front panel and spine and decorative blindstamping to the panels. Very light wear at the spine crown, a touch of light soiling to the pastedowns and endsheets. Thick octavo, all edges gilt. The lovely John Sowerby chromolithogrphed plates, featuring 1,770 detailed illustrations of various British wild flowers, all include their original tissue-guards, which has kept them clean and bright.
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- Illustrator John E. Sowerby
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- Publisher John Van Voorst
- Place of Publication London
- Date Published 1863
- Keywords rare botany, rare flower books, John Sowerby ilustrations
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British Wildflowers
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John van Voorst, 1876. Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Sowerby, John E. Reissue with supplement. Beautifully bound in quarter leather with raised bands and intricate gold gilt to the spine. The boards are a little rubbed and edge worn but remain strong and sturdy. Internally, the end papers are a touch foxed, but there are no other markings or inscriptions and the pages within are neat and complete. Securely bound and in very good condition for its age! JK. Our orders are shipped using tracked courier delivery services.
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British Wild Flowers
by C. Pierpoint Johnson
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London. : John van Voorst. , 1863. 1st Edition 2nd Printing. Hardcover. Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. John E. Sowerby. Good. Publishers green cloth, embossed in gilt and blind. Covers edge-worn. The joint to the upper board is split to the top half. 1863 re-issue of the first edition 'to which is now added a supplement containing 180 figures of lately discovered flowering plants by John W. Salter and the ferns, horsetails, and club-mosses by John E. Sowerby'. Front fly-leaf inscribed in contemporaneous hand 'Miss Clough with the Publisher's compliments'. this may be Anne Clough, the early English suffragist. xlix and 186pp. Illustrated with 89 pages of beautifully hand-coloured plates, showing various flowers. All edges gilt.
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