Letters on the Elements of Botany, Addressed To A Lady
by Rousseau, F.F
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG/None
- Seller
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Auckland, New Zealand
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About This Item
London: B. and J. White, 1796. "Translated into English, with Notes, and twenty-four additional letters, fully explaining the system of Linnaeus." Bound in original half calf leather with moderately rubbed marble boards and gilt to spine. Slight verticle crinkling to spine. Moderate scuffing to extremeties. Blue speckled edges with soft dusting of soiling. Olde style signature to title page. Few only pages with the odd one or two foxing to the margins or very faint few only foxing. One page fore-edge with teeny nic. Binding tight. Front guttering with open split revealing book albeit strong. 503p 220mm Index at end. Fifth Edition. Hb. VG/None.
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- Bookseller
- BOOKMARK Ltd (NZ)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 028198
- Title
- Letters on the Elements of Botany, Addressed To A Lady
- Author
- Rousseau, F.F
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG
- Jacket Condition
- None
- Edition
- Fifth Edition
- Publisher
- B. and J. White
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1796
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History;
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