THE FLORAL KINGDOM, ITS HISTORY, SENTIMENT AND POETRY: A DICTIONARY OF MORE THAN THREE HUNDRED PLANTS, WITH THE GENERA AND FAMILIES TO WHICH THEY BELONG, AND THE LANGUAGE OF EACH ILLUSTRATED WITH APPROPRIATE GEMS OF POETRY by Turner, Mrs. Cordelia Harris - 1877

Chicago, Il: Moses Warren, 1877. Presumed First Edition. Hardcover. Large Octavo, 423 pages; VG-; fully bound in brown cloth with black and gilt embossing to the spine and front board; gilt fore-edges; shelf wear to the edges of the boards, particularly to the corners, and to the foot and crown of the spine, bumped corners, crease on rear board, book plate and writing on the ffep, second book plate right before the half title page, "Chicago, 1877" marked in pencil on title page; half title page illuminated in gold by Rev. George Vaughan, of Virginia; tipped in by the publisher is a letter & poem by William Cullen Bryant dated May 29, 1875; illustration of Rev. George Vaughan included; shelved in case 10. 1334739. Shelved Dupont Bookstore.