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8vo. x,249,(i)pp. Illustrated with 50 full page, tissue-guarded color paintings by Ella Du Cane of gardens in Japan. Bound in quarter green morocco; spine in 6 compartments with light green titles. Green silk-grain cloth sides. Marbled endpapers. A couple of bumps to the edge else a fine copy in a lovely binding.
The Flowers and Gardens of Japan
Du Cane, Florence, and Ella Du Cane
London: Adam & Charles Black, 1908.
Price: $250.00
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Wild Flowers of New York
House, Homer D.
Albany: The University of the State of New York,, 1918.
Price: $150.00
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Small 4to. i-ix,(9),19-296pp. Modern full maroon morocco. Spine in six compartments with raised bands, tooled in blind, brown leather lettering labels, gilt; boards tooled in blind; all edges gilt; marbled endpapers. Illustrated with 64 hand colored, tissue-guarded lithographic plates, 60 of which are individual blooms with facing letterpress descriptions; the remaining four plates illustrate the preliminary general botany discussion. Light foxing to the letterpress and the tissue guards and a coupe of the plates, but the rest of the plates are fine and bright with vivid coloring. A near fine copy and quite scarce. U.S. Color Plates Books, p. 83. This title begins with a general introduction to botany followed by colored illustrations and floral descriptions.
Boudoir Botany, Or the Parlor Book of Flowers, Comprising the History, Description and Colored Engravings of 24 Exotic Flowers, 24 Wild Flowers of America and 12 Trees with Fruits
Newman, John M., M.D.
New York: Harper & Brothers, 1847.
Price: $1,500.00
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8vo. xii, 280pp. Contemporary half leather; spine gilt with titles and floral ornaments; marbles paper boards. With 49 engraved plates. 4 plates are or garden designs or ornaments; three of them are colored and all are moderately foxed. The remaininng plates are all of flowers, all are hand colored and two are folding plates. Many orchid species are represented. Most of the plates are in fine, unfoxed condition; in the few where there is foxing present, it is only a light spot or two and marginal. The tissue guard of one plate has partially stuck to the plate and the guard has torn; it can probably be removed without damage. THe binding is moderately worn but still presentable.
Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants: Volume the Fifth
Paxton, Joseph
London: W. S. Orr & Co., 1838.
Price: $2,000.00
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