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Elements of Botany
by GRAY, Asa
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Winchester, Virginia, United States
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About This Item
New York: G. & C. Carvill & Co, 1836. First Edition. First printing. 12mo (19.5cm). Rebound in twentieth-century green and brown marbled paper-covered boards, backed in brown buckram, title in gilt on black spine label; later brown endpapers; xiv, 428pp; in-text wood engravings throughout. A sturdy copy, tightly bound; boards rubbed at edges, with minor foxing and occasional pencil marks: Very Good.
An early, illustrated introduction to botany, adapted for North American plants. Gray's works on botany popularized and "dominated the subject in America for 50 years." GROLIER 100 #41. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 37769.
An early, illustrated introduction to botany, adapted for North American plants. Gray's works on botany popularized and "dominated the subject in America for 50 years." GROLIER 100 #41. AMERICAN IMPRINTS 37769.
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- Bookseller
- Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 55348
- Title
- Elements of Botany
- Author
- GRAY, Asa
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- G. & C. Carvill & Co
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1836
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Lorne Bair Rare Books
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- Rebound
- A book in which the pages have been bound into a covering replacing the original covering issued by the publisher.
- Gilt
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- Edges
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- Buckram
- A plain weave fabric normally made from cotton or linen which is stiffened with starch or other chemicals to cover the book...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- G
- Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- First Edition
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