John E. Sowerby

British Wild Flowers. Illustrated by John E. Sowerby

Described with an introduction and a key to the natural orders, by C. Pierpoint Johnson. Re-Issue: to which is now added A Supplement containing 180 figures of lately discovered flowering plants by John W. Salter and the ferns, horsetails, and club-mosses by John E. Sowerby.

Published: John Van Voorst, London, 1876

Edition: Second edition.

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2 volumes.

Gilt tooled green half-calf and oilboard.

Raised bands and gilt panels with gilt titles.

Triple gilt page edges and marbled endpapers.

Hand coloured frontispiece + 86 hand coloured steel engravings.

Second edition re-issue. Lovely condition throughout.

Light foxing.

Volume I.

xlix, 76 pages + plates.

Volume II.

186 pages [continuous pagination] + plates.

Recorded shipping weight 2000g.

Shipped and insured by recorded delivery.

Binding Condition: very good
Overall Condition: very good
Size: 25.5 x 18 cm.

Sold By: West Clare Rare Books
Contact Person: Tom Moloney
Country: Ireland
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Telephone: 0657087803
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Trade Associations: AA Approved

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