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THE FAMILIES OF PLANTS Volume I.
by Linneus
- Used
- good
- first
- Condition
- Good/No dust jacket
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About This Item
Lichfield: John Jackson (Botanical Society at Lichfield), 1787. First English printing. Hardbound Buckram. Good/No dust jacket. 8vol. 386pp. Rebound in Hardciver brown buckram with gold titles on spine. .Foretitlepage, titlepage, dedication-page; lxxx page sincluding a 38-p. 'Accented Catalogue of the Generic and Trivial Names of Plants used by Linneus Ownership signature of William Gibbons on top of foretitlepage. [publisher: Lichfield, printed by John Jackson, . . ., MDCCLXXXVII. (1787)] Hardcover First Edition 1 blank sheet,(iv) pages incl. , . . .', 386 pages; 1 blank sheet. - Original Halfleather-binding of the period with loose colour-marbled panels and fragmentary gilt-titled leather spinelabel; 8vo.(ca. 21 x 14 x 2,5 cm). *** [Verlängerter ERWEITERTER HERBSTVERKAUF / Ongoing FIRST ENGLISH EDITION OF LINNÉ'S EPOCHMAKING PUBLICATION, IN A BINDING OF THE PERIOD: Both panels completely loose, the leatherspine is quite rubbed and the spinelabel only present with its centerpart; front blank sheet is compl. loose as well, the foretitlepage is almost loose and - as well as the last blank sheet slightly foxy; THE BINDING IS ABSOLUTELY TIGHT AND THE BOOKBLOCK WELL SHAPED; STILL A VERY GOOD COPY deserving a bookbinders treatment to fix the panels. . .
[Bremen, Germany] [Publication Year: 1787].
[Bremen, Germany] [Publication Year: 1787].
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- Bookseller
- ANTHOLOGY BOOKSELLERS
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 21789
- Title
- THE FAMILIES OF PLANTS Volume I.
- Author
- Linneus
- Format/Binding
- Hardbound Buckram
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No dust jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First English printing
- Publisher
- John Jackson (Botanical Society at Lichfield)
- Place of Publication
- Lichfield
- Date Published
- 1787
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- Natural History;
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- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Buckram
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- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
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