Alpine plants : figures and descriptions of some of the most striking and beautiful of the Alpine flowers / edited by David Wooster
by Wooster, David (1824-1888)
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- Hardcover
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Galway, Ireland
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About This Item
London : Bell and Daldy, 1874. Second Edition. Hardback. Very good copy in the original gilt-blocked, blind tooled cloth. Professionally re-cased with the original spine laid back; very impressively finished. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Scans etc. on request.; 8vo 8"" - 9"" tall; 152 pages; Subjects; Mountain plants. Alpine vegetation. Alpine plants. Alpine flora. Botany. Alpine garden plants. Plates with tissue guards. Plates engraved by Benjamin Fawcett after Alexander Francis Lydon. Color illustrated.
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- Bookseller
- MW Books Ltd. (IE)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 224426
- Title
- Alpine plants : figures and descriptions of some of the most striking and beautiful of the Alpine flowers / edited by David Wooster
- Author
- Wooster, David (1824-1888)
- Format/Binding
- Hardback
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London : Bell and Daldy
- Date Published
- 1874
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