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Wild Flowers
by Pratt, Anne
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
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About This Item
London: SPCK. 1853. 1st ed., folio, original cloth boards with gilt lettering and blindstamped decoration, pp i, ii, 96. 192 b&w illustrations, two to each page (printed recto only), with accompanying text. Includes all 96 plates called for. Professionally restored, with original cloth spine relaid over new cloth, and original boards. Gift inscription front free endpaper, dated 1858. Very good condition, Anne Pratt (1806-1893) was one of the best known botanical illustrators of the Victorian age. The sheets of "Wild Flowers" were issued in plain and handcoloured versions: this is the plain, with beautifully detailed engraved black and white botanical illustrations. The descriptive text includes many details such as the distribution and uses of each plant. 1st Edition. Boards.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Muir Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 101988
- Title
- Wild Flowers
- Author
- Pratt, Anne
- Format/Binding
- Boards
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- SPCK
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1853
- Keywords
- Botany, England, Flowers, Illustrated, Plants, Wildflowers
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Muir Books
Biblio member since 2006
Perth, Western Australia
About Muir Books
MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.
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- Recto
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- Folio
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