The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects
by DARWIN, CHARLES
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About This Item
John Murray 1882. Second edition revised, octavo, green cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine, xvi + 300pp, illus, VG (light rubbing to boards, light bruising to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges)
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- Title
- The Various Contrivances by Which Orchids are Fertilised by Insects
- Author
- DARWIN, CHARLES
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- John Murray 1882
- Keywords
- botany natural history Orchids plants flora insects
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- Cloth
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- Spine
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- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Rubbing
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- VG
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...