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Gentle Conquest: The Botanical Discovery of North America With Illustrations from the Library of Congress
by Reveal, James L
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good+ to Near Fine/Very Good+ to Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1563730022
- ISBN 13
- 9781563730023
- Seller
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Princeton, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
Washington, D.C., U.S.A.: Starwood Pub, 1992. Discovering and naming the flora of North America, and learning their uses for food, building materials, and medicine, were critical parts of the explorer's mission to the "New World" and continued to be very important through the early 19th century . The Library of Congress has a splendid collection of the early botanical publications that resulted; this book makes them available to us all. 160 pp. with Index. Green cloth with gilt lettering on front cover. On title page, "Not for Resale" whitened out. Small "bump" to lower corner tip, otherwise Book is Fine. Dust Jacket is VG+ to Near Fine. Gold Seal "sticker" with Library of Congress Classics" on front cover. Beautifully illustrated in color. . Cloth. Very Good+ to Near Fine/Very Good+ to Near Fine. Illus. by Color Drawings. Size: Approx. 8 " x 10 1/2". Botany.
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- Bookseller
- Bee Creek Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 003075
- Title
- Gentle Conquest: The Botanical Discovery of North America With Illustrations from the Library of Congress
- Author
- Reveal, James L
- Illustrator
- Color Drawings
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good+ to Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Very Good+ to Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 1563730022
- ISBN 13
- 9781563730023
- Publisher
- Starwood Pub
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
- Date Published
- 1992
- Keywords
- BOTANY NORTH AMERICA PICTORIAL WORKS
- Bookseller catalogs
- Botany; Library of Congress;
- Size
- Size: Approx. 8 " x 10 1/2"
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