Flora Symbolica; Or, The Language and Sentiment of Flowers.
by Ingram, John
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Frederick Warne. [n.d. c.], 1869. pp.viii, 368 with colour frontis., and 14 further colour plates. 8vo. AEG. Minor marking to front-endpapers, o/w. only occasional minor spotting and contents fine. Original intricately decorated brown cloth boards, lightly rubbed at extremities, benefiting from spine having been professionally relaid (retaining original end-papers) all in thor. vg. condition. One of the most sought after works relating to the symobolism of flowers.
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- Bookseller
- C.Arden Bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 61751
- Title
- Flora Symbolica; Or, The Language and Sentiment of Flowers.
- Author
- Ingram, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Frederick Warne. [n.d. c.]
- Date Published
- 1869
- Keywords
- Gardening Monographs
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
C.Arden Bookseller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
About C.Arden Bookseller
Around 10,000 books for sale through our bookroom on Forest Road, Hay-on-Wye. We're happy to view and buy books in our specialisms.Located in Hay-on-Wye, the ‘Town of Books’, our focus is on natural history, including the Collins' New Naturalist series, zoology, entomology, ornithology, gardening, botany, bees & beekeeping.We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the senior trade body for dealers in antiquarian and rare books.Opening hours: - Mon. to Fri. 9.30am to 5.00pm - Sat 9.30am to noon
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- AEG
- All Edges Gilt. Describes a book in which the top, fore edge and bottom of the outside of the pages are decorated with gold...
- 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....
- Fine
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- VG
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- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- Cloth
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