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Botanica Neglecta. William Young, Jr. (of Philadelphia) "Botaniste de Pennsylvani" and His Long-Forgotten Book, Being a Facsimile Reprint of His "Catalogue d'Arbres Arbustes et Plantes Herbacees d'Amerique" Published In Paris In 1783
by Young, Jr., William; Rhoads, Samuel N. (Ed.)
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Carrollton, Georgia, United States
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About This Item
Philadelphia: Privately Printed, 1916. Limited Edition. Hardcover. Good. Limited Edition. Hardcover. 9 7/8" X 6 1/2". 55pp. Preface in English, original text in French only. Stated 1916 reprint, possibly later. Edition limited to 250 numbered and signed copies, 50 are printed on large paper, quarto; the remainder, octavo , on buff-tinted rag paper, all are uniformly bound in boards, uncut, paper label. This copy is unnumbered and unsigned, perhaps a printer's or binder's copy. All leaves have been opened, likely rebound as well. Bound in blue paper over boards, with spine backed in blue cloth and lettered in black. Binding shows moderate wear, with edgewear, bumping, spot of heavy rubbbing to upper board, toning, and corners split and turned in. Previous owner's name to front free endpaper, dated 1951. Binding is sound. Pages are clean and unmarked. A solid and presentable facsimile reprint of the first book published in the United States by an American botanist about American botany, horticulture, and floriculture.
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- Bookseller
- Underground Books, ABAA
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 5628
- Title
- Botanica Neglecta. William Young, Jr. (of Philadelphia) "Botaniste de Pennsylvani" and His Long-Forgotten Book, Being a Facsimile Reprint of His "Catalogue d'Arbres Arbustes et Plantes Herbacees d'Amerique" Published In Paris In 1783
- Author
- Young, Jr., William; Rhoads, Samuel N. (Ed.)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Publisher
- Privately Printed
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1916
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About the Seller
Underground Books, ABAA
Biblio member since 2009
Carrollton, Georgia
About Underground Books, ABAA
Underground Books is an online rare and antiquarian bookshop as well as a brick and mortar general bookstore of the same name in downtown Carrollton, Georgia. Sister store Hills & Hamlets Bookshop is located in the nearby planned eco-community of Serenbe.
Co-owners Josh Niesse and Megan Bell met in 2011, just 10 days or so after Josh opened the doors of Underground Books, literally underground, several steps below street level in a 100-year-old basement in our historic downtown. Megan, an English student at the University of West Georgia, walked in, fell down the rabbit hole, and never left! Reader, we married in May of 2014, under the book arch that now resides at the bookshop. We are both proud alumni of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS), and Megan additionally of Rare Book School at the University of Virginia and of the ABAA Women's Initiative Mentorship Program.
We have two open bookshops that carry new, used, bargain, rare, and antiquarian books, as well as our online office, impossible without our incredible team of booksellers, including two fellow CABS graduates, Miranda McMillan and Suzanne Carnes.
Like many booksellers with open brick-and-mortar stores, we are passionate generalists, but our specialties are in decorative publisher's cloth bindings; fairy tales, folklore, and mythology; popular science and natural history; the occult; and fine press books.
Co-owners Josh Niesse and Megan Bell met in 2011, just 10 days or so after Josh opened the doors of Underground Books, literally underground, several steps below street level in a 100-year-old basement in our historic downtown. Megan, an English student at the University of West Georgia, walked in, fell down the rabbit hole, and never left! Reader, we married in May of 2014, under the book arch that now resides at the bookshop. We are both proud alumni of the Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar (CABS), and Megan additionally of Rare Book School at the University of Virginia and of the ABAA Women's Initiative Mentorship Program.
We have two open bookshops that carry new, used, bargain, rare, and antiquarian books, as well as our online office, impossible without our incredible team of booksellers, including two fellow CABS graduates, Miranda McMillan and Suzanne Carnes.
Like many booksellers with open brick-and-mortar stores, we are passionate generalists, but our specialties are in decorative publisher's cloth bindings; fairy tales, folklore, and mythology; popular science and natural history; the occult; and fine press books.
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