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Flora Gallo-Provincialis
by Gerard, Louis (Ludovici Gerardi)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
Payment Methods Accepted
About This Item
Paris: C.J.B. Bauche, 1761. Illustrated with an engraved folding map, 19 attractive engraved plates, octavo, half-title, title page, pp xviii, 585, (ii), a little age-toning and slight staining internally, a contemporary signature on the title page, the occasional neat manuscript note, otherwise good and sound internally, twentieth century half morocco, lightly scuffed, raised bands to the spine. RARE. Withe bookplate of Kenneth Lazenby, a founding member of the Alpine Garden Society . [ "The book is important because it contains an early attempt at a natural system, prior to Adanson, ignored by A-L de Jussieu, influenced to some extent by Linnaeus's Ordines Naturales" - Stafleu & Cowan.]. First Edition. Half Leather. Very Good.
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Details
- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 016590
- Title
- Flora Gallo-Provincialis
- Author
- Gerard, Louis (Ludovici Gerardi)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- C.J.B. Bauche
- Place of Publication
- Paris
- Date Published
- 1761
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Bookseller catalogs
- Floras; Early works;
Terms of Sale
Mike Park Ltd
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About the Seller
Mike Park Ltd
Biblio member since 2005
London, Greater London
About Mike Park Ltd
For the last forty seven years we have been specialist in gardening, botanical and natural history books, but other subjects are stocked, also. Our website can be found at mikeparkbooks.com. Interesting catalogues of newly-acquired stock are issued three times a year. Please contact us to go on our mailing list. Our full listings can be viewed on our website at mikeparkbooks.com.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- 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....
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