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Geraniaceæ: The natural order of Gerania. Illustrated by coloured figures and descriptions; comprising the numerous and beautiful mule-varieties cultivated in the gardens of Great Britain, with directions for their treatment, 5 volumes, complete.
by Sweet, Robert
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Occasional mild offsetting from a few plates, some age toning to a few of the title pages, slight wear to the original boards, t
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Iowa City, Iowa, United States
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About This Item
London: James Ridgeway, 1820-1830. First edition.. Occasional mild offsetting from a few plates, some age toning to a few of the title pages, slight wear to the original boards, the text and beautiful hand-colored plates are bright and clean without foxing or browning, a tight, very good copy.. Pp. (x), (200), (5, index), (2, errata); (iv), (200), (8, index); (iv), (200), (10, index); (ii), (200), (12, index); (2), (200), (4, index); 500 full-page hand-colored plates, 100 plates per volume, engraved by S. Watts after E.D. Smith, each accompanied by a leaf of descriptive text. Later half green calf with 5 raised bands and black morocco title and volume labels over original marbled boards, lg 8vo. One of the truly great flower books of the early 19th century with superb hand-colored plates. Rare as a complete set; volume 5 is considered the supplement volume and is often not found with this set. See Sitwell - Fine Flower Books, p. 141, Nissen, BBI, p. 178.
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- Natural History Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 2157
- Title
- Geraniaceæ: The natural order of Gerania. Illustrated by coloured figures and descriptions; comprising the numerous and beautiful mule-varieties cultivated in the gardens of Great Britain, with directions for their treatment, 5 volumes, complete.
- Author
- Sweet, Robert
- Book Condition
- Used - Occasional mild offsetting from a few plates, some age toning to a few of the title pages, slight wear to the original boards, t
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: James Ridgeway, 1820-1830. First edition.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Botany flowers plants geraniums cranesbills Geraniaceae Geranium Pelargonium Great Britain United Kingdom England Europe hand-colored plates rare
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fine and Rare;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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About the Seller
Natural History Books
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Iowa City, Iowa
About Natural History Books
Natural History Books is an independent, rare book retailer operating out of Iowa City, IA. The business is owned and operated by Noriko and Russell Ciochon. We only sell books through our NHB website and other book service websites. We do not offer books for sale within the state of Iowa.We specialize in rare and hard to find books in all areas of natural history especially ornithology, herpetology, ichthyology, mammalogy, paleontology, botany, evolutionary biology and travel and exploration. Our rare and hard-to-find book section has many fine hand-colored plate books. Our latest acquisition is the ichthyology and aquarium fish collection of Ross Socolof Books of Florida. We are always buying natural history books – if you have a collection to offer, please contact us at noriko@naturalhistorybooks.com or by calling (319) 354-9088.
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