TREASURES OF LAND AND SEA
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TREASURES OF LAND AND SEA
Stock no. 1828976
Hardback.
Large format.
Good condition.
An album of pressed flowers from the UK. Very large format. Black leather spine & corners, black cloth sides with gilt title and vignette to front. Flowers are pressed and mounted on card with paper guards. 212 specimens, 4 and 6 per page. Hand-written pencil common name to each specimen. List of Contents handwritten to rear. Pages bound in with cloth. Spine & corners rubbed, scratched & lightly worn. Boards scuffed and discoloured. Large bookplate of previous owner to front pastedown. Small tear to lower edge of front endpaper. Endpapers are grubby. Specimens are discoloured, some have disintegrated in part. Heavy foxing to paper guards. Browning to card on which specimens are placed. Some card margins are disintegrating, exposing fresh card beneath. All specimens are present if only in part (mostly complete). An unusual item.
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