A history of the vegetable kingdom; embracing the physiology, classification, and culture of plants, with their various uses to man and the lower animals, and their application in the arts, manufactures, and domestic economy / by William Rhind. Illustrated by several hundred figures
1842, First Edition. Glasgow ; London : Blackie & Son. Very good copy in the original, full tree calf. Gilt-blocked leather label to spine, with raised bands. Spine bands and panel edges somewhat dulled and rubbed as with age. Some light foxing to prelims. Remains well-preserved overall, with tissue-guarded plates. Provenance: bookplate of Thomas Paterson. Item #447901
Date is suggested. Physical description; x, 711 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. Notes; Added t.p., engr. Subjects; Vegetables. Botany, Economic. Plants, Cultivated.
Price: €195.00
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