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Plues, Margaret

Rambles in Search of Flowerless Plants

1865

140.06 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1865
Place of printing
London. Journal of Horticulture & Cottage Gardener Office
Author
Plues, Margaret
Edition
First edition.
Keyword
Nature - Botany
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

8vo [23.5 x 15 cm]; viii, 317, [ii, ads of author's other books] pp, 20 colored plates including frontis (hand-colored & color printed), numerous other illustrations including full-page, general index, index to illus. original blind-ruled cloth, gilt lettering on spine, small part of corner of endpaper removed, light corner wear, near fine. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. Freeman 3045. The author covers ferns, fern allies, mosses, lichens, mushrooms, fungi, seaweeds, etc, with nice colorful plates, most with several illustrations. "This handsome and elegantly illustrated volume is a good specimen of a class of works to which the popularization of science is mainly due". (Intellectual Observer). This first edition is in larger format than the later edition.