English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, With Their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth.
by Smith, James Edward and James Sowerby
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- Hardcover
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San Francisco, California, United States
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About This Item
London: R. Taylor and Co., 1807.. Vol. XXV. Plate nos. 1729-1800. Octavo. 5.5 x 8.875 inches. Ex-library buckram. 72 full page hand colored botanical plates by Sowerby. Library rubber stamp on verso of plates does not show through. Plates are clean and colors fresh. Includes families of: Alyssum, LIchen, Conferva, Opegrapha.
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- Seller
- Alan Wofsy Fine Arts (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 99-0121
- Title
- English Botany; or, Coloured Figures of British Plants, With Their Essential Characters, Synonyms, and Places of Growth.
- Author
- Smith, James Edward and James Sowerby
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London: R. Taylor and Co., 1807.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Original Graphics;
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Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
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Alan Wofsy Fine Arts
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San Francisco, California
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- Plate
- Full page illustration or photograph. Plates are printed separately from the text of the book, and bound in at production. I.e.,...
- Verso
- The page bound on the left side of a book, opposite to the recto page.