An Illustrated Key to The Natural Orders of British Wild Flowers

Sowerby, J.

Published by John Van Voorst, London, UK, 1865

About this Item

Green cloth with gilt spine titles and blind stamped cover borders, all edges gilt (AEG); rubbed all over with some light wear to extremities, front hinge cracked. Internally very crisp, clean and bright with almost no foxing or age-toning; the first 3 leaves have become detached, hence a little bumped at edges, and the FFEP, frontispiece and one of the plates are only just holding; obscured former ownership inscriptions to FFEP. Incl. 9 hand-coloured plates in near Fine condition. Collation: Frontispiece, blank, ?Notice?, pp. 1-42, 8 colour plates separated by blanks, 2 pp. adverts. Overall Very Good-. Photos available on request. This very scarce book is an abbreviated version of British Wild Flowers which doesn't describe all the species, only a representative example, usually the most common species, whereupon it describes the orders then describes the genera for each. The plates are new with the flowers often being redrawn a little larger, sometimes accompanied by drawings of their seeds or flowers, which don't appear in the plates of the larger British Wild Flowers. Seller Inventory # 1021079012779

Bibliographic Details

Title: An Illustrated Key to The Natural Orders of ...

Publisher: John Van Voorst, London, UK

Publication Date: 1865

Binding: Hard Back

Illustrator: Sowerby, J.

Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition