The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists' Magazine, January to December 1848
by Harrison, Joseph (Conducted By)
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+
- Seller
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Kingston, New York, United States
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About This Item
Good+ Whittaker & Co. London 1848 hardcover 8vo, 332 pages, 12 handcolored floral plates, index. Full year bound in green cloth with embossed floral design front and rear and gilt spine titling and decoration. Shallow chipping to spine cloth at head. Inside front hinge paper cracked but solid. Light random foxing. Solid and clean with color still vibrant in the hand colored plates.
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- Pages Past Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Floricultural Cabinet, and Florists' Magazine, January to December 1848
- Author
- Harrison, Joseph (Conducted By)
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Whittaker & Co.
- Date Published
- 1848
- Keywords
- periodical flowers gardening magazine
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About the Seller
Pages Past Books
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Kingston, New York
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- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Chipping
- A defect in which small pieces are missing from the edges; fraying or small pieces of paper missing the edge of a paperback, or...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- 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...
- 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....