Shokubutsu mei-i : enumeration of selected scientific names of both native and foreign plants with romanized Japanese names and in many cases Chinese characters
by Matsumura, J
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- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Tokyo: Z.P. Maruya & Co., 1897. First edition. Octavo, frontispiece of script, pp 2, (viii), 8, 4, 322, 62, (3), edges red, the hinge at the title page cracking but not weak, very clean internally, original quarter cloth and marbled boards, rubbed but sound, the spine slightly marked and faded. RARE, . First Edition. Half cloth and boards. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017507
- Title
- Shokubutsu mei-i : enumeration of selected scientific names of both native and foreign plants with romanized Japanese names and in many cases Chinese characters
- Author
- Matsumura, J
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Z.P. Maruya & Co.
- Place of Publication
- Tokyo
- Date Published
- 1897
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- CHINA.JAPAN.TAXONOMY.PLANT.names.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Botany; Planthunting; Garden History; Reference; Victorian;
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