The Bradley Bibliography : a Guide to the Literature of the Woody Plants of the World Published before the Beginning of the Twentieth Century. [ 5 volumes, complete set ]
by Rehder, A. & Sargent, C,S
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Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre, n.d. but 2001 reprint of 1911-1918 first edition. 5 vols, cloth, 8vo,. xiv.566 + viii.926 + xii.806 + xvi.589 + xxxii.1008 pp. Approximately 145,000 entries. A massive five-volume catalogue intended to cover all publications relating wholly or in part to woody plants, including books, pamphlets, and articles in periodicals and other serials in all languages published up to the end of 1900. Coverage includes all aspects of woody plants, including forestry, economic products and uses, arboriculture, including ornamental values and uses of trees and shrubs, and dendrology. Massively detailed and comprehensive. Serial publications are often fully analysed. Compiled at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Contents : Vols 1-2 : Dendrology, 1911-12, Vol 3 : Arboriculture. Economic properties of woody plants, 1915, Vol 4 : Forestry. 1914, Vol 5 : Additions and corrections to volumes 1-4, Index of authors and titles, Index of Greek authors and titles, Index of Russian and Serbian authors and title, Subject index to volumes 1-5, 1918. As New.
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- Title
- The Bradley Bibliography : a Guide to the Literature of the Woody Plants of the World Published before the Beginning of the Twentieth Century. [ 5 volumes, complete set ]
- Author
- Rehder, A. & Sargent, C,S
- Format/Binding
- 5 vols, cloth, 8vo,
- Book Condition
- New As New
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Martino Publishing, Mansfield Centre, n.d. but 2001 reprint of 1911-1918 first edition
- Date Published
- n.d. but 2001 reprint of 1911-1
- Pages
- xiv.566 + viii.926 + xii.806 + xvi.589 + xxxii.1008 pp
- Keywords
- Woody plants Forests and forestry Classification Books Shrubs Trees Botany taxonomy, morphology, physiology, ecology, the economic productions and uses of woody plants, arboriculture dendrology Rehder, Alfred ; Sargent, Charles Sprague Arnold Arboretum of
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