FLORA HISTORICA:
by Phillips, Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- V.g.
- Seller
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Yaxley, Suffolk, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: E. Lloyd and Son , And Archibald Constable, And Co., Edinburgh, 1824. Or The Three Seasons Of The British Parterre Historically And Botanically Treated; With Observations On Planting.......2 volumes in one. Both title-pages present [v]-li, 354, [ix]-xii, 464pp, [ii] reviews. Original half calf binding with marbled boards. Binder's ticker 'Shaw and Sons Nottingham'. Original owner 'John Thackeray' inscribed to volume one title-page. A trifle foxedbut a sound and tight copy with a simple but attraction provincial original binding. Each chapter describes to a different flower scattered with quotes from literature. A nice copy. PLEASE EMAIL FOR PHOTOS.. 1st Edition. Hardback. V.g.. 8vo.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Thomas Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- GT240
- Title
- FLORA HISTORICA:
- Author
- Phillips, Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - V.g.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- E. Lloyd and Son , And Archibald Constable, And Co., Edinburgh
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1824
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardening;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Thomas Rare Books
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Yaxley, Suffolk
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- Marbled boards
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Inscribed
- When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been...