Catalogue Plants Shells Found Vicinity by Lapham (3 results)

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 12 pages. Limited facsimile edition of 500 copies hand printed in 1976 by Elizabeth and Jay Benforado at the Night Heron Press in Madison. Covers handmade from fine linen and cotton rags "with a handful of last summer's flowers". Published by the Botanical Club of Wisconsin. Increase Allen Lapham was Wisconsin's first scientist and scholar. A Catalogue of Plants & Shells has been called "the first scientific work to be published west of the Great Lakes".

Softcover. Condition: Near Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket. Facsimile reproduction - a Limited Edition of 500. String-tied wraps. There is a tiny scuff on the front cover, and just a hint of age-toning to the covers. With the booklet, there is a letter describing the edition (the letter signed in print by Walter E. Scott - Project Leader for the BCW). The letter states as hand-sewn by Elizabeth and Jay Benforado at the Night Heron Press in Madison. Also laid-in (as published) is a photograph of the Wisconsin State Historical Society's copy of the original edition. The original was considered to be Wisconsin's first scientific imprint, and the first "west of the Great Lakes and north of St. Louis". ; 25B; 6 x 3-3/4"; 12 pages.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. Leatherbound edition. Condition: New. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. Pages: 32. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Reprinted from 1976 edition. NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. IF YOU WISH TO ORDER PARTICULAR VOLUME OR ALL THE VOLUMES YOU CAN CONTACT US. Resized as per current standards. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Language: English Pages: 32.