An Encyclopedia of Plants

Second Hand
Hardback
Published by: Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown & Green
Book Condition: Fine.

Recently rebound in half leather / imitation leather, dark green with gilt spine titles and 5 bands; green boards; modern cream endpapers; in Fine condition with just the smallest trace of rubbing to the top and tail of the spine. Internally remarkably crisp, clean and bright with almost no foxing or age-toning. Includes numerous drawings of various plant species on the majority of pages throughout the text. xx,[2],1159pp. Overall Fine. Photos available on request. A superb copy. Full title: ‘An encyclopaedia of plants; Comprising the description, specific character, culture, history, application in the arts, and every other desirable particular respecting all the plants indigenous, cultivated in or introduced to Britain: combining all the advantages of a Linnean, Jussieuean Species Plantarum, an Historian Plantarum, A Grammar of Botany, and a dictionary of Botany and Vegetable Culture.’