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Familiar Wild Flowers [First, Second, Third and Fourth Series: Four Volumes]
by Hulme, F. Edward
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Perth, Western Australia, Australia
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
London, Paris and New York: Cassell & Co. (1883). Four volumes. Octavo, original pictorial cloth boards elaborately decorated in gilt, different flower shown in colour each upper board, spines decorated in gilt, blindstamped decoration upper board, all edges gilt. 40 colour plates with tissue guards each volume (160 in total), and many text b&w illus. N.d., c.1883. The frontis plates of the first and second volume are loose, some rubbing to corners. Pencilled ownership signature each volume, otherwise clean. Very good condition. Charmingly illustrated and comprehensive decriptions of English wildflowers by Frederick Edward Hulme (1841 - 1909), artist, botanist, teacher, natural historian and Fellow of the Linnean Society. Each flower is painstakingly illustrated in colour by Hulme and described in detail, including its habitat and medicinal use. There were eventually nine volumes, the last of which was published posthumously. This is a lovely collection of the first four, in very good condition and uncommon in this beautifully decorated binding. Decorated Cloth.
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- Bookseller
- Muir Books
(AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 103393
- Title
- Familiar Wild Flowers [First, Second, Third and Fourth Series: Four Volumes]
- Author
- Hulme, F. Edward
- Format/Binding
- Decorated Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Cassell & Co
- Place of Publication
- London, Paris and New York
- Date Published
- (1883)
- Keywords
- Botany, Flowers, Illustrated, Natural History, Wildflowers
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
Muir Books
30 day return guarantee, with full refund including shipping costs for up to 30 days after delivery if an item arrives misdescribed or damaged.
About the Seller
Muir Books
Biblio member since 2006
Perth, Western Australia
About Muir Books
MUIR BOOKS. Western Australia's largest and leading rare, secondhand, antiquarian and out of print bookshop, established in 1973 and managed by Rob & Janet Muir together with Tara Surry. We have over 50,000 books in stock. We are located in Perth (precinct of Northbridge), walking distance from the State Library, Art Gallery and Museum.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
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