Ladies' Botany: or a Familiar Introduction to the Study of the Natural System of Botany. Vol. I-II
- Publisher : James Ridgway and Sons
- Published In : London
- Illustrations : 50 hand-col plates
Description:
Vol. I - 4th edition, Vol. II, 2nd edition. Fine hand-coloured plates, most with images of flowers and other structures of two plants. 16-page publisher's catalogue to rear of Vol. II. Both volumes undated. Freeman gives the date of the 4th edition (Vol. I) as 1840.
Freeman 2252.
Condition
2 vols, 8vo (230x145mm), later 20th century red qtr leather, with contrasting leather title pieces and gilt tooling to spines, green cloth boards. Plates slightly browned. 9cm closed tear to one text leaf. Occasional light spotting. From the library of Michael Bryant, Hampshire ornithologist, with his bookplate.
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