525 pages. Quarto. Green cloth. Profusely illustrated in color. Bottom corner bumped--only this flaw keeps it from appearing as new. In dust jacket and slipcase.
First Edition. Hardback. Large 4to. pp 525. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Contains all of the 1176 hand-coloured orchid plates published between the years 1787 and 1948 in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, the oldest surviving botanical magazine in the world. Attractive calligraphic bookplate of Victoria Burbidge (and husband Brinsley) botanist, both at Edinburgh Botanic Gardens and at Kew, also Denver Botanic Garden. For many years she edited Curtisà Botanical Magazine. She was also Clematis registrar for the Royal Horticultural Society. She was also known as Vicky Matthews. Signed presentation from the author on the front endpaper to Victoria Burbidge, "with my best wishes, Samuel Sprunger." ISBN: 0521325951 Very good indeed in very good dust jacket and very good slip-case.
First Edition. Hardback. Large 4to. pp 525. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Contains all of the 1176 hand-coloured orchid plates published between the years 1787 and 1948 in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, the oldest surviving botanical magazine in the world. Attractive calligraphic bookplate of Victoria Burbidge (and husband Brinsley) botanist, both at Edinburgh Botanic Gardens and at Kew, also Denver Botanic Garden. For many years she edited Curtis' Botanical Magazine. She was also Clematis registrar for the Royal Horticultural Society. She was also known as Vicky Matthews. Signed presentation from the author on the front endpaper to Victoria Burbidge, "with my best wishes, Samuel Sprunger." ISBN: 0521325951 Very good indeed in very good dust jacket and very good slip-case.
Cambridge University Press, 1986. 31.5 x 22.0 cm. Pp. 525, colour illustrations. Dust wrapper showing slight signs of wear.. 1st Ed.. Hardcover. Very Good/Good+.
In overall good condition, no pages missing. Shipping can take between 2-6weeks for international deliveries. Hardback copies may or may not have dust jackets, please get in contact for more information.
First Edition. Hardback. Large 4to. pp 525. Original publisher's green cloth, lettered gilt at the spine. Contains all of the 1176 hand-coloured orchid plates published between the years 1787 and 1948 in Curtis's Botanical Magazine, the oldest surviving botanical magazine in the world. Attractive calligraphic bookplate of Victoria Burbidge (and husband Brinsley) botanist, both at Edinburgh Botanic Gardens and at Kew, also Denver Botanic Garden. For many years she edited Curtis' Botanical Magazine. She was also Clematis registrar for the Royal Horticultural Society. She was also known as Vicky Matthews. Signed presentation from the author on the front endpaper to Victoria Burbidge, "with my best wishes, Samuel Sprunger." ISBN: 0521325951 Very good indeed in very good dust jacket and very good slip-case.
In overall good condition, no pages missing. Shipping can take between 2-6weeks for international deliveries. Hardback copies may or may not have dust jackets, please get in contact for more information.
4°, 525 S., 1176 farb. Abb. auf Tafeln, Kart. m. OU., OU min. gebrauchsspurig, Fussschnitt auf den letzten 50 S. m. kl. Randläsionen, sonst gutes Exemplar. Katalog u. Index v. Samuel Sprunger, m. einer Einführung v. Philio Cribb. Der Band enthält Reproduktionen der 1176 handcolorierten Tafeln, die im Curtis?s Botanical Magazine in den Jahren 1787 bis 1948 erschienen sind. Text engl. 3300 gr. Schlagworte: Biologie - Botanik
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