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THE NAMES OF HERBES. Edited [with an introduction, and Index of English Names and an Identification of the Plants Enumerated by Turner] By James Britten by Turner, William, James Britten [editor] - 1881

by Turner, William, James Britten [editor]

THE NAMES OF HERBES.  Edited [with an introduction, and Index of English Names and an Identification of the Plants Enumerated by Turner] By James Britten by Turner, William, James Britten [editor] - 1881

THE NAMES OF HERBES. Edited [with an introduction, and Index of English Names and an Identification of the Plants Enumerated by Turner] By James Britten

by Turner, William, James Britten [editor]

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  • very good
  • Hardcover
  • Signed
London: Published for The English Dialect Society by N. Trubner & Co., 1881. A copy with excellent provenance [see below] and Inscribed by the editor to the half title page "From the Editor July 1882"; pp. viii, 134. Bound in contemporary or near contemporary half green calf with gilt lettering to the spine, green cloth boards. Binding very good and strong, a little faded to spine. Contents clean and tight, marbled endpapers, original printed blue wrappers bound in at the rear, a couple of ink spots to the title page. Provenance: from the library of Sir George Taylor, with his attractive bookplate to the front end paper: born Edinburgh 1904, obtained a first class degree from Edinburgh University, went on to become the Keeper of Botany, British Museum; Director of Royal Botanic Gardens Kew, general plant collector and botanist. A very good copy.. Signed by Editor. New Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo.
  • Bookseller Loe Books GB (GB)
  • Format/Binding Hardcover
  • Book Condition Used - Very Good
  • Edition New Edition
  • Binding Hardcover
  • Publisher Published for The English Dialect Society by N. Trubner & Co.
  • Place of Publication London
  • Date Published 1881
  • Size 8vo