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Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, Volume I [Only] [WITH 16 ENGRAVINGS]

Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, Volume I [Only] [WITH 16 ENGRAVINGS]

Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, Volume I [Only] [WITH 16
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Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, Volume I [Only] [WITH 16 ENGRAVINGS]

by Anon

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London: Printed by W. Bulmre & Co., Cleveland Row; Sold by J. Hatchard Piccadilly, 1815. Second Edition. . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. xvi, 366, 27, [30] pages. COLLATES COMPLTE WITH 16 ENGRAVINGS, including 4 in color. Hardcover bound in early half leather with brown orange and blue marbled paper-coverd boards. The binding is worn. The hinges are cracked but holding, and the spine ends are chipped. The remains of an old paper label are on the front cover. Green endpapers. The text block is sound and clean. Printed with wide margins with untrimmed edges. Text is quite clean. The title page states 2nd edition, 1815. There is a 27 page Appendix after the main section of 366 pages. The final [30] pages begins with a "List of drawings of Fruits Executed by Order of the Council... 1816-1817." There are also two lists of medals, dated 1816 and 1817. [Note, there are NO further illustrations beyond the 16 called for]. The final pages contain the Index, List of Authors, etc.

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Bookseller's Inventory #
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Title
Transactions of the Horticultural Society of London, Volume I [Only] [WITH 16 ENGRAVINGS]
Author
Anon
Format/Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Used - Good
Jacket Condition
No Jacket
Quantity Available
1
Edition
Second Edition.
Publisher
Printed by W. Bulmre & Co., Cleveland Row; Sold by J. Hatchard Piccadilly
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1815
Size
4to - over 9¾ - 12"
Weight
5.10 lbs
Keywords
1815; Anon.; Transactions of the Horticultural Society; Flowers; Copperplate Engravings; Flowers; Botany; Horticulture; Colored; English; British; 19th Century; Plates; Rare; Collectible.
Bookseller catalogs
General Antiquarian & Rare; Leather Bindings;

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Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.

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