Unity in Variety as Deduced From The Vegetable Kingdom:being an attempt at developing that oneness that is discoverable in the habits, mode of growth, and principle of construction of all plants.

Christopher Dresser

Verlag: James S. Virtue, 1860

Published by James S. Virtue in 1860. A First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Page number:161. Brown leather embossed boards. Five bands and a smart red label to the spine. Gilt lettering. A neat booksellers label on the first endpaper states that the book was purchased in Birmingham, and embossed lettering on the cover, and a label inside, indicate that it was given as a prize to a student at The Birmingham School of Design. Marbled end papers and red end block. Chapters are entitled: Similarities that exist between plants at some period of growth; Similarity of the mode of growth: Unity traceable in all varieties of the root; The stem; The bud; The Leaf; The inflorescence; The flower; The fruit; The seed and ovule; Tracing and unity between the parts described in the last chapter; Unity existing in plants as deduced from classification; Unity as deduced from the arrangements of their parts; Habits of the parts of plants; Unity from the poetic and artistic phases of plants; Unity from the vital force and Unity between all plants, from general considerations. 300 black and white images. Condition: Near Fine. The boards are a little rubbed. The gilding remains bright. The binding is tight. The pages are lightly foxed but clean and un-thumbed. A previous owners name is written in biro on the first end paper. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 001061

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Titel: Unity in Variety as Deduced From The ...
Verlag: James S. Virtue
Erscheinungsdatum: 1860
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Near Fine
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: No Jacket
Auflage: 1st Edition