Calendarium Botanicum, or a Botanical Calendar: exhibiting, at one View, the Generic & Specific Name, the Class, Order & Habitat of all the British Plants, from the Class Monandria Monogynia, to Polygamia Dioecia, Arranged according to time of flowering
by PHELPS, William;
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- first
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About This Item
London, Lackington, Allen and Co., 1810, First edition. . contemporary half calf, marbled boards, gilt ruled spine with title lettering, light edge wear, a few pages with very light foxing but a near fine, clean copy, unmarked. . 8vo [21 x 13.5 cm]; vi, [iii, table], [i, sub-title], 186 pp, 5 hand colored plates (complete), each with a number of figures, index. . A listing of about two thousand plants, each with brief description, arranged by month of flowering. Useful to see the plants grown at that time. Freeman 2984. A picture of this book is available on request by email.
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- Horizon Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- Calendarium Botanicum, or a Botanical Calendar: exhibiting, at one View, the Generic & Specific Name, the Class, Order & Habitat of all the British Plants, from the Class Monandria Monogynia, to Polygamia Dioecia, Arranged according to time of flowering
- Author
- PHELPS, William;
- Format/Binding
- Contemporary half calf, marbled boards, gilt ruled spine with title lettering, light edge wear, a few pages with very light foxi
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London, Lackington, Allen and Co., 1810, First edition.
- Size
- 8vo [21 x 13.5 cm]; vi, [iii, ta
- Bookseller catalogs
- Gardening - General;
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