![Amaryllidaceae; Preceded by an Attempt to Arrange the Monocotyledonous Orders, and Followed by a Treatise on Cross-Bred Vegetables, and Supplement. With Forty-Eight Plates. [Herbert on Bulbs, &c., &c.]. (Inscribed by "The Author")](https://d3525k1ryd2155.cloudfront.net/h/459/319/1456319459.0.m.jpg)
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Amaryllidaceae; Preceded by an Attempt to Arrange the Monocotyledonous Orders, and Followed by a Treatise on Cross-Bred Vegetables, and Supplement. With Forty-Eight Plates. [Herbert on Bulbs, &c., &c.]. (Inscribed by "The Author")
by Herbert, William
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- Hardcover
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- first
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- Very Good/No Jacket
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Greensboro, North Carolina, United States
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About This Item
London: James Ridgway and Sons, Piccadilly, 1837. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Quarto. 428 pages, indexed. COLLATES COMPLETE with 48 uncolored plates. Hardcover bound in original green publisher's cloth. Moderate rubbing and wear to the binding. The corners are a little bumped, and there is some pale spotting along the fore edges and top edge of the binding. A sound copy with secure inner hinges. Prior owner's 1954 inscription on the front flyleaf of "William Lanier Hunt" INSCRIBED on the title page, "From the Author." The text is a little toned but generally clean. There is some offsetting from the plates. Contains 48 uncolored plates. William Lanier Hunt (1906-1996), the 1950s owner, was the "Dean of Southern Horticulture." He donated land along the Morgan Creek in southern Orange County, NC to the North Carolina Botanical Garden and is now known as the Hunt Arboretum.
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- Amaryllidaceae; Preceded by an Attempt to Arrange the Monocotyledonous Orders, and Followed by a Treatise on Cross-Bred Vegetables, and Supplement. With Forty-Eight Plates. [Herbert on Bulbs, &c., &c.]. (Inscribed by "The Author")
- Author
- Herbert, William
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First Edition First Printing
- Publisher
- James Ridgway and Sons, Piccadilly
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1837
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾
- Weight
- 2.90 lbs
- Keywords
- 1837; William Herbert; Bulbs; Amaryllidaceae; 19th Century; Rare; Collectible; Floral; Plates; Engravings; William Lanier Hunt; Hunt Arboretum; Orange County; North Carolina; NC; Botanical; Botany; Copperplate.
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About Pages Past Used and Rare Books
Pages Past is a small used & rare bookshop located a few blocks from the University of North Carolina at Greensboro. Since 1996 we have been serving the Triad community as well as customers from around the world. We have around 15-20,000 volumes in our shop. We specialize in North Carolina, Virginia, Civil War, Old Leather, Christianity, Eastern and Western Philosophies, and the simply unusual. We very likely have the oldest books in Greensboro; we keep a nice selection of antiquarian volumes and scholarly books.
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