Vegetable Teratology; An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
by MASTERS, Maxwell T.;
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- Hardcover
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About This Item
London, The Ray Society, 1869, First edition. . later blue cloth with paper title label on spine, spine and corners lightly rubbed, light stain in upper margin of few leaves, good sound copy. . 8vo [22.5 x 14.5 cm]; xxxviii, 534 pp, 218 illustrations by E. M. Williams and others, index, errata. . Freeman 2520. Curle 82. Pritzel 5973. An interesting association copy, being presented 'From the Council of the Ray Society' written on verso of title, and bequeathed by Francis Druce to A. J. Wilmott with the latter's signature and small blind-stamp on endpaper, and the inkstamp of Seymour Shapiro on endpaper. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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- Bookseller
- Horizon Books
(CA)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- J7765
- Title
- Vegetable Teratology; An Account of the Principal Deviations from the Usual Construction of Plants
- Author
- MASTERS, Maxwell T.;
- Format/Binding
- Later blue cloth with paper title label on spine, spine and corners lightly rubbed, light stain in upper margin of few leaves, g
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, The Ray Society, 1869, First edition.
- Size
- 8vo [22.5 x 14.5 cm]; xxxviii, 5
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature - Botany;
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