The Language of Flowers.
by [Shoberl, F.]
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- Hardcover
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Plant Lore Monographs . Pub. Carey, Lea & Blanchard. 1835. pp.ix, 326 with 6 hand coloured plates plus 10-page publisher�s catalogue. Large 16mo. Hardback. AEG. Endpapers darkened, light spotting throughout, o/w. contents thor. vg. Full calf leather binding gently worn and sunned, overall good to vg. Scarce. Frederick Shoberl (1775-1853) was and English journalist, editor, translator and illustrator. In the Preface he states that "this work is founded on the French" - probably �Le Langage des Fleures� by Charlotte de la Tour which was first published in 1819.
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- Bookseller
- C.Arden Bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 62368
- Title
- The Language of Flowers.
- Author
- [Shoberl, F.]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- Pub. Carey, Lea & Blanchard. 1835
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Plant Lore Monographs
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C.Arden Bookseller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
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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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- O/W
- An abbreviation for otherwise
- AEG
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- PUB
- Common abbreviation for 'published'
- 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...
- VG
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- Sunned
- Damage done to a book cover or dust jacket caused by exposure to direct sunlight. Very strong fluorescent light can cause slight...