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The New Botanist's Guide to the Localities of the Rare Plants of Britain; on the Plan of Turner and Dillwyn's Botanist's Guide
by Watson, Hewett Cottrell
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman 1835 - 1837. Two volumes, large 12mo, pp vi, (ii), 402, (2); xxiv, 407 - 674, original green cloth, not matching. Volume 1 - mid-green pebble cloth, age-toned, a little marked and worn, slightly bubbled on the upper cover, spine and paper label browned, a rather untidy signature on the front endpaper of the botanist Harry James Goddard with two addresses, a very few additions in ink for new localities, joints a little cracked but perfectly sound, slight foxing and marking. Volume 2 - dark green Victorian cloth, a bit stained and a little worn, spine label lacking portions, 16-page publisher's catalogue at front endpaper, inscribed "from the author" on endpaper and with the signature of the botanist James Hardy, though the likely first owner is the surgeon/botanist and plant collector George Henderson whose signature is found on the verso of the cumulative title page, a bit weak internally, rear endpapers stained, lacking the final blank leaf. RARE. [Henderson was medical officer on the 1870 Chinese Turkestan expedition and brought home a very complete and valuable collection of Yarkand plants, the first ever made in that region, which was presented to Kew Gardens. He also obtained 59 species of birds and a few Lepidoptera - Bretschneider.]. First Edition. Cloth. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 014987
- Title
- The New Botanist's Guide to the Localities of the Rare Plants of Britain; on the Plan of Turner and Dillwyn's Botanist's Guide
- Author
- Watson, Hewett Cottrell
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green & Longman
- Place of Publication
- London
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Flora. rare. George Henderson. James Hardy.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Floras; Victorian;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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Mike Park Ltd
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London, Greater London
About Mike Park Ltd
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