Flowering plants of the world / consultant editor: V. H. Heywood; advisory editors: D. M. Moore, I. B. K. Richardson, W. T. Stearn; artists: Victoria Goaman, Judith Dunkley, Christabel King
New York : Mayflower Books, 1978. First American Edition. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dw, now mylar-sleeved. Price tag to front of dw. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered.; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 335 pages; This gardening book examines more than 300 flowering plant families, and includes a superb series of accurate, specially commissioned photographs. It covers all the dicotyledonous and monocotyledonous families of the world, which are introduced by general notes, classification and a lengthy glossary, individual entries are by family with notes on distribution, diagnostic features, classification and economic uses. Physical description: 335p : col. Illus. , colour plates ; 28cm. Subjects: Angiospermae -- Plant families -- Vascular plants -- Taxonomy -- Flowers. Angiosperms - larpcal. Flowering plants. Item #194680
ISBN: 0831734000
Price: €9.95