Alpine Plants, Figures, and Descriptions of the Most Striking and Beautiful of the Alpine Flowers. First Series
by Wooster, David, Editor
- Used
- first
- Condition
- Half contemporary blue morocco, a.e.g.. Extremities rubbed, top of spine chipped, spine faded; plates trimmed with some minor lo
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About This Item
London: Bell and Daldy, York Street, Covent Garden, 1872. First edition. 54 Color Lithographic Plates. x, 152 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to. Half contemporary blue morocco, a.e.g.. Extremities rubbed, top of spine chipped, spine faded; plates trimmed with some minor loss of text on some plates (usually the plate number), else fine. First edition. 54 Color Lithographic Plates. x, 152 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to.
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- Bookseller
- James Cummins Bookseller
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 43637
- Title
- Alpine Plants, Figures, and Descriptions of the Most Striking and Beautiful of the Alpine Flowers. First Series
- Author
- Wooster, David, Editor
- Format/Binding
- 54 Color Lithographic Plates. x, 152 pp. 1 vols. Small 4to
- Book Condition
- Used - Half contemporary blue morocco, a.e.g.. Extremities rubbed, top of spine chipped, spine faded; plates trimmed with some minor lo
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Bell and Daldy, York Street, Covent Garden
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1872
- Keywords
- Gardening | Chromolithography
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- Illustrated Books;
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About James Cummins Bookseller
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- Plate
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