Trees, plants, and flowers : their beauties, uses, and influences
R Lee
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Jaar:
1854
Kwaliteit:
Zeer goed
Uitgever:
London : Grant and Griffith, 1854.
Beschrijving:
Goede staat, achterplat wat verweerd.
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[publisher: London, Grant & Griffith] Hardcover Trees, plants and flowers: their beauties, uses, and influences. London, Grant & Griffith, 1854. 8vo. viii + 464p. 8 hand-coloured lithographed plates by James Andrews. Original decorative gilt cloth, gilt title on cover and spine, edges gilt; slight wear at edges, neatly repaired at spine. A scholarly work on economic plants. Mrs Lee was first married to T.E. Bowdich, traveller and zoologist, with whom she went to Africa early in the 19th century; she was the first to collect plants there systematically. Her work, arranged according to 'order', details the plant, its uses and her own personal observations. Desmond p422 ('After her husband's death she continued to collect plants; the major part of her collection was lost at sea'.). Jackson p42.
[London, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1854]
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