A HISTORY OF THE VEGETABLE KINGDOM
Published by Blackie & Son. 1868
Very good condition. Revised Edition, with Supplement. Embracing Comprehensive Description of the Plants. Rebound, leather spine with gilt titles. Marbled paper boards. 744 pages. 45 plates including 22 hand-coloured plates and several hundred engravings on wood and steel.
Leather spine lightly faded. Covers lovely and bright. New endpapers. Plates IX, X and XI are placed out of order i.e. X, XI, IX. All plates are present. Some foxing and browning to contents including the un-coloured plates. Hand-coloured plates are lightly browned but mostly clean. A few grubby marks to last page of index and a minor chip to lower edge of same. A lovely copy considering the age of the book.
Stock no. 1824625
- Categorised in:
- NATURAL HISTORY
- BOTANY
- HAND COLOURED
- VEGETABLES
- LEATHER BINDING
- ANTIQUARIAN