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Marshall, Nina L.

Mosses and Lichens; A Popular Guide to the Identification and Study of our Commoner Mosses and Lichens, their Uses, and Methods of Preserving

1907

42.30 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1907
Place of printing
New York. Doubleday, Page & Company
Author
Marshall, Nina L.
Edition
First edition, first issue.
Keyword
Nature - Botany
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

4to [26 x 19 cm]; xviii, 327 pp, color frontis, 16 colour plates, 32 other plates from photos by Hannah C. Anderson, hundreds of illustrations from drawings, bibliog, index. original cloth, gilt title lettering on spine and cover, gilt spine vignette, very slightly rubbed at edge, one margin with closed tear, else fine, clean and unmarked. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. The author of the Mushroom Book, here describes in detail each species and family of both lichens and mosses, beautifully illustrated. The initial chapters are on identification, lichens in history and use in dyes, drugs and food, their origin and nature, leafy mosses, the relation of hepatics and mosses in the plant kingdom, the herbarium and how to collect, nomenclature, etc.
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