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Paperback / softback. New.

Hardback. New.

Hardback. New.

Carroll and Cook Printers to the Assembly. hardcover. Very Good. 0x0x0. Albany, 1843. Volumes I and II. Black cloth covered boards with gold spine titles and cover illustration. Mild wear t edges and covers; Text blocks straightened, rebacked and reinforced with cotton. Endsheets preserved with new inner paper hinges. Spines replaced with grained cloth and worked up similar to original in genuine gold by professional binder. Previous owner's small bookplate on front pastedown of Volume I, some spotting early in both volumes; faint smoky smell; interiors are unmarked; numerous black and white plates; Volume I, 484 pages followed by plates; Volume II, 572 pages followed by plates. Additional shipping charges will be requested

1843. TORREY, John. A Flora of the State of New-York, Comprising Full Descriptions of All the Indigenous and Naturalized Plants Hitherto Discovered in the State; With Remarks on Their Economical and Medicinal Properties. Albany. 1843. Two volumes. [4],xii,484pp. plus seventy-two uncolored plates; [4],572pp. plus ninety uncolored plates (one folding). Engraved titlepage and letterpress titlepage in each volume. Thick quartos. Original cloth, stamped in blind and gilt, expertly rebacked with original gilt backstrips laid down. Clean internally. Overall, a very good set. SABIN 53788. MEISEL II, pp.614. TAXONOMIC LITERATURE 14.758. PRITZEL 1973. BM (NAT HIST), p.2125. Torrey's meticulous description of the flora of New York state was issued as part of the NATURAL HISTORY OF NEW YORK, published between 1842 and 1894. Hundreds of plants are described, and more than 160 are illustrated in the attractive lithographed plates. Almost all the plate were produced by the Endicott firm. A handsome set of a work… Leer más