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Rare and modern books

Francis, G. W.

The Little English Flora, or a Botanical and Popular Account of all our common Field Flowers with Numerous Woodcuts and Engravings on Steel of Every Species

1849

51.70 €

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(Toronto, Canada)

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Year of publication
1849
Place of printing
London. Simpkin, Marshall & Co
Author
Francis, G. W.
Edition
third edition, the first edition was 1839.
Keyword
Nature - Botany Wildflowers
Languages
English
First edition
Yes

Description

12mo [18 x 11 cm]; [x], 213, [iv, ads] pp, lithographed decorated title, 14 plates illustrating about 20 species each, illustrations in text. original blind stamped cloth, gilt design and title lettering on spine, spine ends a bit frayed, spine light faded, inscription to 'Ellen Selby from her dear Mamma', very slight foxing on few leaves, very good sound condition. A picture of this book is av Freeman 1260. BM Nat Hist p 610. A nicely produced and detailed work, with hundreds of illustrations, which was very popular at the time.