FLORA AND SYLVA
by Robinson, W. (Ed.)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
-
Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London: W. Robinson, 1903. Volume 1 - . 324 pages. A monthly review for lovers of garden, woodland, tree or flower: new and rare plants, trees, shrubs, and fruits; the garden beautiful, home woods and home landscape. Frontispiece illustrated with colour plate of Magnolia Rustica Fl. Rubra with tissue facing. Throughout the book all the Plates are in very good condition. The tissue facing is lightly foxed. Illustrated with 18 beautiful colour chromolithographs of flowers with tissue facing. One Plate at page 166 was cleanly and carefully cut out. Then returned to page166. Text also illustrated with detailed black and white plates. Pages are in very good conditionand high quality paper was used when published.. Yellow endpapers.. Half bound with white vellum over white cloth. Gilt title on spine. Top edge gilt. The outside cover, spine and corners all soiled and lightly worn with corners lightly bumped. . Hard Cover. Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- J. Wyatt Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- T01162A
- Title
- FLORA AND SYLVA
- Author
- Robinson, W. (Ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- W. Robinson
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1903
- Keywords
- Flower, Gardens, Landscaping, Plants,
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
Terms of Sale
J. Wyatt Books
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About the Seller
J. Wyatt Books
Biblio member since 2005
Ottawa, Ontario
About J. Wyatt Books
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Soiled
- Generally refers to minor discoloration or staining.
- Vellum
- Vellum is a sheet of specialty prepared skin of lamb, calf, or goat kid used for binding a book or for printing and writing. ...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Half Bound
- ...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Top Edge Gilt
- Top edge gilt refers to the practice of applying gold or a gold-like finish to the top of the text block (the edges the pages...
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