Figures of the most Beautiful, Useful, and Uncommon Plants described in The Gardener's Dictionary, exhibited on three hundred copper plates, accurately engraven after drawings taken from Nature. With the characters of their flowers and seed-vessels, Drawn when they were in their greatest Perfection. To which are added, Their descriptions, and an Account of the Classes to which they belong, according to Ray's, Tournefort's, and Linnaeus's Method
de Philip Miller
- Usado
- very good
- Tapa dura
- First
- Estado
- Very Good
- Librería
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida, United States
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Sobre este artículo
Two volume set. Original full speckled calf professionally rebacked in calf; pastedowns renewed; fly sheets and title mounted. Complete with 300 full-page hand-colored copper plates (2 folding). Miller was the chief gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden, where many of the engravings were made under his supervision. Drawings were taken from living plants at their greatest expression of flowering. A high point in botany. ; 200; [iv] pages. 10.75 x 16.25 inches; 27 x 41.4 cm.
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- Librería
- William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA (US)
- Inventario del vendedor #
- 7686
- Título
- Figures of the most Beautiful, Useful, and Uncommon Plants described in The Gardener's Dictionary, exhibited on three hundred copper plates, accurately engraven after drawings taken from Nature. With the characters of their flowers and seed-vessels, Drawn when they were in their greatest Perfection. To which are added, Their descriptions, and an Account of the Classes to which they belong, according to Ray's, Tournefort's, and Linnaeus's Method
- Autor
- Philip Miller
- Estado del libro
- Usado - Very Good
- Cantidad disponible
- 1
- Edición
- First Edition
- Encuadernación
- Tapa dura
- Editorial
- Printed for the Author
- Lugar de publicación
- London
- Fecha de publicación
- 1760
- Tamaño
- Folio
- Peso
- 0.00 libras
- Palabras clave
- Flowers, Botanical, Floral
- Catálogos del vendedor
- Natural History; Antiquarian; Botany;
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William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
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William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
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Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Sobre William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA
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