Specimen Album of English Plants ca. mid 19th century
by anon
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Hardcover. Two volume album of plants, many flowering, with common and scientific names and, in some cases, where they were found. Over 300 samples on 176 leaves. Mounted to sheets measuring around 7.25 x 11". Wear to bindings, volume two split at the spine, pages coming loose from bindings. Some degradation internally, as expected, but very well preserved samples from hedgerows, pastures, woods, roadsides, riversides, etc. Size: Octavo (8vo). Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: 1-2 kilos. Inventory No: 048524.
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- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 048524
- Title
- Specimen Album of English Plants ca. mid 19th century
- Author
- anon
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Keywords
- NOISBN
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Pazzo Books
Returns accepted for any reason within 30 days of shipment - full refund less shipping. If we have made a mistake, we will pay shipping both ways. Institutions billed according to their requirements.
About the Seller
Pazzo Books
Biblio member since 2003
Roslindale, Massachusetts
About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- 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....
- Leaves
- Very generally, "leaves" refers to the pages of a book, as in the common phrase, "loose-leaf pages." A leaf is a single sheet...