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Basel Druck: Karl Werner, 1957. Paperback. Very Good. Covers show light edge wear. Previous owner's name on end paper, pages are otherwise clean and unmarked.; 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed! Ships same or next business day!
Glass Flowers from the Ware Collection in the Botanical Museum of Harvard University de Unknown - 1946
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Glass Flowers from the Ware Collection in the Botanical Museum of Harvard University
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New York: Harcourt Brace and Company. Good in Good dust jacket. 1946. Hardcover. The spine ends show heavy wear; the corners light to moderate wear. The jacket is lightweight with a few small chips in the front, paper missing at both ends of the spine, small chips in the back and wear at all corners. There is a gift note on the front endpaper. The binding has tanned a bit around the front and back edges. ; Sixteen color plates show a fraction of the thousands of magnificent glass flower models created in nearly half a century by Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka in Dresden, Germany for Harvard University. The models are of astonishing perfection, and nowhere else is there a comparable collection, covering a wide range of plants and flowers as well as the subject of this book, the insect pollination series. Included is a full explanatory text and a brief history of the origin and development of the Ware Collection that began by talks with the brothers in 1886. The book has a pictorial cover. ; Insect Pollination Series; Color Plates; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 58 pages .
- Librería Independent bookstores (US)
- Ilustrador Kredel, Fritz
- Formato/Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Estado del libro Usado - Good in Good dust jacket
- Encuadernación Tapa dura
- Editorial Harcourt Brace and Company
- Lugar de publicación New York
- Fecha de publicación 1946
- Palabras clave Harvard University, Ware Collection, Glass, FLOWERS, INSECTS, POLLINATION, BOTANICAL, MUSEUM