Washington, D.C.: The Smithsonian Institution, 1925. No. 159 of 500 copies of the subscriber's edition, signed by the author at foot of Foreword. With 80 plates, each with accompanying letterpress text. Preliminaries (stitched) and Contents present. 1 vols. 4to. Loose signatures and plates (with accompanying caption leaves), enclosed in original half morocco folding portfolio. Some wear and soiling to binding. Near fine (plates generally clean and fresh; soiling to margins of plate 240 and last two leaves). No. 159 of 500 copies of the subscriber's edition, signed by the author at foot of Foreword. With 80 plates, each with accompanying letterpress text. Preliminaries (stitched) and Contents present. 1 vols. 4to. Subscriber's Issue. Volume Three of the subscriber's edition, limited to 500 numbered sets, reproducing in full color at life size the illustrations of American wild flowers by Mary Vaux Walcott (1860-1940), accompanied by descriptions, fully indexed in each volume. This issue preceded the "Library Edition" in reduced format. It was greeted with praise suggesting that Ms. Walcott accomplished for American Wild Flowers what Audubon had achieved for American Ornithology. Stearn, The Art of Botanical Illustration (1994) pp. 301, 328; Nissen BBI 2094; Stafleu & Cowan 16.550

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Bookseller: James Cummins Bookseller (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 263638
Title: North American Wild Flowers [Volume Three]
Author: Walcott, Mary Vaux
Format/Binding: With 80 plates, each with accompanying letterpress text. Preliminaries (stitched) and Contents present. 1 vols. 4to
Book Condition: Used - Loose signatures and plates (with accompanying caption leaves), enclosed in original half morocco folding portfolio. Some wear a
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: No. 159 of 500 copies of the subscriber's edition, signed by the
Publisher: The Smithsonian Institution
Place of Publication: Washington, D.C.
Date Published: 1925
Keywords: Botany

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