Great Flower Books 1700-1900: A Bibliographical Record of Two Centuries of Finely-Illustrated Flower Books
- Publisher : Collins
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : 36 plates (20 col)
Description:
First edition limited to 1750 copies. Chapters include: Notes on the Flowers represented in the Plates, by Patrick M. Synge; The Romance of the Flower Book, by Sacheverell Sitwell; The Illustrators of the Great Flower Books, by Wilfrid Blunt; An Introduction to the Bibliography, by Patrick M. Synge; The Bibliography, by W.T. Stearn, Sabine Wilson & Handasyde Buchanan.
Condition
Folio, half morocco-grained cloth, gt title to spine, decorated end-papers. Vg in d/w (d/w with marginal tears (repaired), edgewear, minor loss).