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Drawn from Nature: The Botanical Art of Joseph Prestele and His Sons
by RAVENSWAAY, Charles van
- Used
- Fine
- first
- Condition
- fine/very good(+)
- ISBN 10
- 0874749387
- ISBN 13
- 9780874749380
- Seller
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New York, New York, United States
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About This Item
Washington: Smithsonian, 1984. First. hardcover. fine/very good(+). Joseph Prestele. 95 fine color plates, and monochrome text illustrations. 357 pages. 4to, gray cloth, lightly edgeworn d.w. Washington D.C.: Smithsonian Institution, 1984. First edition. A fine copy in a very good(+) dust wrapper.<br/> <br/> Prestele (1796-1867), although rediscovered only recently by the author, was one of the foremost botanic illustrators of his day, receiving commissions from Asa Gray, John Torrey, and other noted botanists.<br/> <br/>
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- Bookseller
- Argosy Book Store (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 309180
- Title
- Drawn from Nature: The Botanical Art of Joseph Prestele and His Sons
- Author
- RAVENSWAAY, Charles van
- Illustrator
- Joseph Prestele
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - fine
- Jacket Condition
- very good(+)
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0874749387
- ISBN 13
- 9780874749380
- Publisher
- Smithsonian
- Place of Publication
- Washington
- Date Published
- 1984
- Keywords
- PRESTELE
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