The British Flora: in two volumes. Volume 1 , comprising the phaenogamous or flowering plants and the ferns.[Volume 1 ONLY]
by Hooker, William Jackson
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London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longman, 1842. ["Fifth Edition, with additions and corrections, and numerous figures illustrative of the Umbelliferous plants, the Composite plants, the Grasses and the Ferns"]. Illustrated with 12 engraved plates, octavo, pp xxxviii, 464 + 32-page publisher's catalogue, slightly age-toned but very clean and tight internally, original brown cloth, the upper and lower covers rubbed, the cloth lifting along both joints but with no weakness. [The title page has a neat pencil signature of Thomas Moore - I can not trace if this might be the botanist ?].. Fifth edition. Cloth. Good.
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- Mike Park Ltd (GB)
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- Title
- The British Flora: in two volumes. Volume 1 , comprising the phaenogamous or flowering plants and the ferns.[Volume 1 ONLY]
- Author
- Hooker, William Jackson
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Fifth edition
- Publisher
- Longman, Brown, Green and Longman
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1842
- Bookseller catalogs
- Floras; Botany; Victorian;
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