Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gametopetalae
by Gray, Asa
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Small section of the outer corners of free endpapers a bit browned; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
Washington: Government Printing Office, 1886. Second edition. Small section of the outer corners of free endpapers a bit browned; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.. Pp. (Vol. 1): x, 480; pp. (Vol. 2): vi, 494, indexes. Later one-half tan cloth over original black pebble cloth (original printed light green front wrapper bound in), lettered in gilt on the spine, thick 8vo. Smithsonian Miscellaneous Collections, volume 31. This is the Smithsonian reissue of volume I, part 2 (1884) and volume II, part 1 (1878) of the original edition of this descriptive flora covering the Gametopetalae. Signature of M.W. Talbot dated December 1937 on the front endpaper.
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- Bookseller
- Natural History Books (US)
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- 3139
- Title
- Synoptical Flora of North America: The Gametopetalae
- Author
- Gray, Asa
- Book Condition
- Used - Small section of the outer corners of free endpapers a bit browned; a bright and clean copy in near fine condition.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Washington: Government Printing Office, 1886. Second edition
- Keywords
- Bontany flora plants
- Bookseller catalogs
- Botany and Floras;
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