The Flower Drawings of Jan van Huysum (W.T. Stearn's copy)
by White, Christopher
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Signed
- first
- Condition
- Very Good/Very Slightly Worn
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Leigh on Sea: F. Lewis, Publisher, Ltd, 1964. Well illustrated with black and white plates, quarto, pp 24 + 64 plates, endpapers a little foxed, blue cloth showing very slight marks, a very good copy in a slightly worn and foxed dustwrapper. [ W.T. Stearn provided a supplementary note to the introduction, and this his own copy with presentation inscription signed by the author.]. Signed by Author. First Edition. Cloth. Very Good/Very Slightly Worn.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 012473
- Title
- The Flower Drawings of Jan van Huysum (W.T. Stearn's copy)
- Author
- White, Christopher
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- Very Slightly Worn
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- F. Lewis, Publisher, Ltd
- Place of Publication
- Leigh on Sea
- Date Published
- 1964
- Bookseller catalogs
- Art; Botanical Illustration;
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Mike Park Ltd
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- Quarto
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- Dustwrapper
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- Cloth
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- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- First Edition
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