Handbook of the British Flora.

BENTHAM George 1800-1884

Verlag: L Reeve & Co, London, 1878

Beschreibung

VG, 4th ed, 1878. Description of the Flowering Plants and Ferns Indigenous to or Naturalized in the British Isles for the Use of Beginners and Amateurs. half title, [5], (viii-lxxx), [1], 2-607 pp. Blue cloth, corners slightly bumped. Spine, title and tooling in gilt, edges rubbed. Internally, later endpapers, ink name to fep, half title present, text block edges speckled red, slightly cocked, occasional pencil note, light browning. First published in 1858. (177*122 mm). Bentham, botanist, whose introduction to the Handbook was very important, being used again, only slightly modified, to set out a recommended botanical procedure in the Colonial Floras-the series describing the plants of the British empire written at Kew in the nineteenth century. See ODNB for a full Bio. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 000732

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Handbook of the British Flora.

Verlag: L Reeve & Co, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1878

Einband: Hardcover

Zustand: Very Good

Auflage: 4th Edition