TWO VOLUMES IN NEAR FINE CONDITION. BASED PRINCIPALLY ON THE GENERA PLANTARUM OF G. BENTHAM AND J.D. HOOKER. VOLUME 1 AND 2:- DICOTYLEDONES. NEAR NAME AND DATE ON BOTH VOLUMES OF PREVIOUS OWNER.
VERY GOOD COPY IN GREY CARD COVERS. BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY. VOLUME LX111 ARTICLE 1V. SOME SLIGHT DAMAGE TO COVERS – SLIGHT DAMAGE TO STOP OF SPINE AND LOSS (MISSING LEFT HAND CORNER ). SOME UNCUT PAGES.
Author:
SCHWARZ HERBERT F.
Place, Publisher, Date:
1932 THE AMERICAN MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY, NEW YORK
SECOND EDITION ENLARGED AND AMENDED BY THOMAS JOHNSON. FOLIO RECENTLY RESTORED AND REBOUND IN FULL LEATHER WITH RAISED BANDS RED AND GILT LABEL NEW ENDPAPERS AND PRELIMS. MANY WOODCUTS IN THE TEXT. DURING THE RESTORATION SOME OF THE PAGES HAVE BEEN REPLACED WITH PHOTOCOPIES. THESE INCLUDE: THE TITLE PAGE AND THE ONE FOLLOWING 5 PAGES IN THE TEXT 1 IN THE INDEX 6 IN THE TABLES OF VIRTUE AND THE ERRATA PAGE. THE BOOK APPEARS COMPLETE AND INCLUDES: TITLE PAGES DEDICATIONS PREFACE FROM THE FIRST EDITION GREETINGS TO THE READER CATALOGUE OF ADDITIONS THE HISTORY (1630 PAGES) INDEX TABLE OF ENGLISH NAMES SUPPLEMENT BRITISH NAMES TABLE OF VIRTUES ERRATA. SOME PAGES EDGES PROFESSIONALLY RESTORED SOME EVIDENCE OF DAMP STAINING BUT A VERY GOOD HANDSOME COPY OF THIS SCARCE WORK. THE BOOK WEIGHS 5.4 Kg.
Author:
GERARDE JOHN
Place, Publisher, Date:
LONDON, ADAM ISLIP, JOICE NORTON, RICHARD WHITTAKERS, 1663
FIRST EDITION IN TWO VOLUMES. ORIGINAL GREEN CLOTH NEARLY 400 TEXT WOODCUTS. EACH VOLUME HAS STRENGTHENING TAPE AND HAS BEEN RECASED USING THE ORIGINAL SPINES HENCE VERY TIGHT. VERY CLEAN INTERNALLY. A VERY GOOD SET. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED.
BEAUTIFUL COPY. HAS BEEN REBOUND. HALF LEATHER WITH MOTTLED COVER. ILLUSTRATED WITH ONE HUNDRED AND SEVENTY ENGRAVINGS BY DARRAUD H. WEIR ZWECKER ETC. 1ST EDITION.
