Sea Mosses [cover title]
by [HERBARIUM, BOTANICAL SPECIMEN ALBUM]
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
-
Lebanon, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
ca. 1900. 4to. 20 mounted seaweed specimens, most captioned with Latin name. Purple embossed cloth, stamped in gilt and black on the front cover; front hinge starting, occasional spotting or staining. Alphonse Crane, bookseller, Santa Barbara, CA (ink stamp on front pastedown)
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Details
- Bookseller
- Bull's Head Rare Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101002
- Title
- Sea Mosses [cover title]
- Author
- [HERBARIUM, BOTANICAL SPECIMEN ALBUM]
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Date Published
- ca. 1900
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About the Seller
Bull's Head Rare Books
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Lebanon, New Jersey
About Bull's Head Rare Books
Bull's Head Rare Books was established in 2020 by Alex Obercian after more than a dozen years in the New York City book trade. BHRB deals in rare books and manuscripts in all fields, with specialties in literature, bookbindings, architecture, photography, science and medicine and country-life pursuits — gardening, farming and landscape design.
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- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- 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...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...