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Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1897. Book. Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp cxcix, 644 [8] , complete with colour folded map of Berkshire held within a pocket at the rear of the book. Blue cloth binding good with some general wear and rubbing to edges and corners, gilt titling to spine, contents clean but for a few newspaper cuttings pasted to the front pastedown and llibrary stamps. The previous owner's name C. E. Salmon Xmas 1897 is inked to the front free pastedown along with a few ticks to the margin of the corrections page. C. E.Salmon was the author of the first edition of Flora of Surrey. There is also a letter included regarding the finding of Herminium Monorchis, Musk Orchid by A. B. Jackson. (Jackson was responsible for the revison to Wayside and Woodland Blossoms..
The Flora of Berkshire being a topographical and historical account of the flowering plants and ferns found in the County by Druce, George Claridge - 1897
by Druce, George Claridge
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The Flora of Berkshire being a topographical and historical account of the flowering plants and ferns found in the County
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Oxford University Press , 1897. Book. Good. Hardcover. 1st Edition. hardback, thick 8vo, blue cloth lettered gilt to a dulled spine, rubbed with slight loss at head of spine, brief gift inscription to previous owner on front free endpaper o/w very good. In addition to the map in the pocket at rear is a bundle of correspondence from Druce at his home in Oxford to Miss Caroline (Sophy) Fry of The Manor House at Upton, Didcot, noted amateur botanist & the owner a fine library of Herbals, 644pp.
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- Keywords flora flowers plants vegetation botany botanical
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THE FLORA OF BERKSHIRE BEING A TOPOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL ACCOUNT OF THE FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS FOUND IN THE COUNTY [Interesting Provenance]
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