Historical and Literary Botany, Containing the Qualities, Anecdotes, and Superstitions, Relative to Trees, Plants, and Flowers, which are mentioned In Sacred and Profane History; Volumes 2 & 3 only
by Reid, Eliza P
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Thames Street, London: C. Andrews, 1826. Volumes II and III only, small 12mo, pp vi, 185; vi, (ii), 203, uncut, very clean and tight internally, original boards with paper labels, slightly worn and creased, one board with a slightly crushed corner. From the library of Norman Douglas Simpson, with his executors label on the front endpapers. [Funereal flowers, shrubs and small trees, flowers and plants of the fields etc.]. First Edition. Boards. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016704
- Title
- Historical and Literary Botany, Containing the Qualities, Anecdotes, and Superstitions, Relative to Trees, Plants, and Flowers, which are mentioned In Sacred and Profane History; Volumes 2 & 3 only
- Author
- Reid, Eliza P
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- C. Andrews
- Place of Publication
- Thames Street, London
- Date Published
- 1826
- Bookseller catalogs
- Botany; Garden History; Literary Criticism; History of Science; Victorian; Early works;
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Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.