Graminae

List graminae

• John T. Boswell Syme / J. Sowerby (ill.) - English Botany;

  

  Third edition, enlarged, re-arranged according to the natural orders and entirely revised with descriptions of all the species by the editor, volume xi, graminaeboswell syme, the popular portion by mrs lankesterspine with five raised bands, gilt title and line decorationour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storeoverall very good conditionno spotting, and the binding is tight and firm with no loose pagesthe covers are rubbed with wear to leather and corners are bumpedcomplete with all illustrationssize: 26 x 18 x 5 cmno bookplates or inscriptionsfront and rear hinge are cracked, with a few pages at front and rear seemingly glued back in placecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availableoriginal half leather to pebble cloth coverspublished by robert hardwicke, londonthe join between spine and rear cover has splitting but cover still secureenglish botany; or coloured figures of british plants, edited by john tthe pages have slight age-toning, but the interior is otherwise in very good condition with bright and clean hand-colored plates216 pages of text description with 140 hand-colored plates (mdclxxxv - mdcccxxiv, )top edge gilt and marbled endpaperssee the photos for a better idea of details and condition read moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe figures by jare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikisalter and john edward sowerbyalso includes an index to latin names and an index to english names

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