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A Painted Herbarium: The Life and Art of Emily Hitchcock Terry (1838-1921)
by Smith, Beatrice Scheer
- Used
- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0816621535
- ISBN 13
- 9780816621538
- Seller
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Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
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About This Item
Minneapolis / London: University of Minnesota Press, 1992. Book. Illus. by Emily Hitchcock Terry. Fine. Hardcover. First Edition / 1st Printing. Quarto. xiv + 194 pp, acknowledgments,First Part : Biography; prologue, The Early Yeears (1838-1859); Years of Transition (1860-1870); The Minnesota Years (1872-1884); The Career of Cassisu Terry; Emily Hitchcock Terry, Botanist and Artist; Epilogue, Publications of Emily Hitchcock Terry; Notes. Second Part : American Flowers, Painted by E.H. Terry, with description of the volume, explanations of the legends, descriptive catalog of the paintings, etc.,; Index. Binding tight, pages clean and unmarked, cover cloth & lettering crisp. Near Fine top & bottom folding DJ in mylar protector. 7.5" x 11.4" blue cloth boards with gilt spine in white illustrated DJ.
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- Bookseller
- West Side Book Shop, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 004983
- Title
- A Painted Herbarium: The Life and Art of Emily Hitchcock Terry (1838-1921)
- Author
- Smith, Beatrice Scheer
- Illustrator
- Emily Hitchcock Terry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Edition
- First Edition / 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0816621535
- ISBN 13
- 9780816621538
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Place of Publication
- Minneapolis / London
- Date Published
- 1992
- Size
- Quarto
- Keywords
- Biography - Botanical Color Illustrator - 19th Century
- Bookseller catalogs
- PLANTS & ANIMALS;
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