Manual of Botany, For North America: Containing Generic and Specific Descriptions of the Indigenous Plants and Common Cultivated Exotics, Growing North of the Gulf of Mexico
by Eaton, Amos
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Albany: Oliver Steele, 1836. Original full calf, morocco title label, gilt title and ruling (5" x 7.5"). Seventh Edition, with an improved and modernized Grammar and Dictionary; and about 500 new Species, chiefly from the Oregon and Artic regions. 672 pages w/ Index, plus 125 pages Botanical Grammar and Dictionsary (Fourth Edition). Showing some light general wear and rubbing, internally light scattered foxing, remains an attractive copy. Size: Thick Octavo. Leather.
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- Title
- Manual of Botany, For North America: Containing Generic and Specific Descriptions of the Indigenous Plants and Common Cultivated Exotics, Growing North of the Gulf of Mexico
- Author
- Eaton, Amos
- Format/Binding
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Oliver Steele
- Place of Publication
- Albany
- Date Published
- 1836
- Keywords
- BOTANY
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- Leather Bound Books;
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- Rubbing
- Abrasion or wear to the surface. Usually used in reference to a book's boards or dust-jacket.
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- 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...
- New
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