ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM; OR, THE TREES AND SHRUBS OF BRITAIN --Eight Volume Set Complete
by Loudon, J. C
- Used
- Condition
- very good, faded green cloth (hardcover) tight set - see note
- Seller
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Walpole, New Hampshire, United States
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About This Item
London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854. HC. very good, faded green cloth (hardcover) tight set - see note. B&W illustrations. ...NATIVE AND FOREIGN, HARDY AND HALF-HARDY, PICTORIALLY AND BOTANICALLY DELINEATED, AND SCIENTIFICALLY AND POPULARLY DESCRIBED; WITH THEIR PROPAGATION, CULTURE, MANAGEMENT, AND USES IN THE ARTS, IN USEFUL AND ORNAMENTAL PLANTATIONS, AND IN LANDSCAPE-GARDENING." Four text volumes (2,694 pages) with over 2500 text engravings, and four volumes of octavo and quarto plates (412 plates). As usual, this set exhibits LIGHT FOXING throughout. However, unlike most sets this set is exceptionally clean and tight and there are no faults or breaks or splits with any hinges in any of the volumes. The cloth of all volumes is uniformly faded, and this set essentially appears unused since published.
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- Bookseller
- Ray Boas, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- BOOKS053645I
- Title
- ARBORETUM ET FRUTICETUM BRITANNICUM; OR, THE TREES AND SHRUBS OF BRITAIN --Eight Volume Set Complete
- Author
- Loudon, J. C
- Illustrator
- B&W illustrations
- Format/Binding
- HC
- Book Condition
- Used - very good, faded green cloth (hardcover) tight set - see note
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- Henry G. Bohn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1854
- Keywords
- Feb08-2, England, gardening
- Bookseller catalogs
- Nature;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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