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Flora's Offering of Flowers: Containing their Systematic and General Description, Language, Natural History, Cultivation, Medical Properties, &c. Illustrated with Fifty Beautiful Colored Plates. [52 PLATES]
by Strong, A. B
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
New York: Green & Spencer, 1851. Leather Bound. Very Good. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. [138], [6], iv pages. Bound in original full red leather with ornate cover designs embossed in gilt. The binding shows rubbing, bumping and wear but is quite sound. Rebacked in modern red leather with a largely plain spine bearing the title and a gilt roll at the headcap and foot and a small central device in the middle of the spine. Corners rebuilt with leather. All edges gilt. Modern faux marbled paper endpapers. Text is a bit toned, and there is foxing on the plates. Most, if not all, of the plates have their tissue guards. No volume number at the front of the book, but the general text ends on page 137 with "End of Vol. I" at the bottom of the page. An attractive, sturdy work.
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- Bookseller
- Pages Past Used and Rare Books
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 048979
- Title
- Flora's Offering of Flowers: Containing their Systematic and General Description, Language, Natural History, Cultivation, Medical Properties, &c. Illustrated with Fifty Beautiful Colored Plates. [52 PLATES]
- Author
- Strong, A. B
- Format/Binding
- Leather Bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Green & Spencer
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1851
- Size
- 4to - over 9¾ - 12"
- Weight
- 2.90 lbs
- Keywords
- 1851; A. B. Strong; Asa B. Strong; Flora; Flora's Offering; Floral Plates; Color; Flowers; Botany; Horticulture; 19th Century; Rare; Collectible; Leather Binding.
- Bookseller catalogs
- General Antiquarian & Rare; Botany & Horticulture;
Terms of Sale
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
14 day return guarantee, with full refund if an item arrives mis-described or damaged. Buyer pays return shipping.
About the Seller
Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Biblio member since 2017
Greensboro, North Carolina
About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Device
- Especially for older books, a printer's device refers to an identifying mark, also sometimes called a printer's mark, on the...
- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- 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...
- Marbled Paper
- Decorative colored paper that imitates marble with a veined, mottled, or swirling pattern. Commonly used as the end papers or...
- Quarto
- The term quarto is used to describe a page or book size. A printed sheet is made with four pages of text on each side, and the...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- 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...
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