1874 1ed Illustrations Vegetable Kingdom Botany 109 Botanical Flower Color ART!
A significantly rare first edition of the illustrated horticultural treatise, ‘Illustrations of the Principal Natural Orders of the Vegetable Kingdom.’ This incredible botanical collection contains 109 hand-colored illustrations by W. H. Fitch with supporting text by Daniel Oliver, who served as Keeper of the Herbarium and Library, Royal Gardens, Kew. As well as Emeritus Professor of Botany at University College in London.
1874 1ed Illustrations Vegetable Kingdom Botany 109 Botanical Flower Color ART!
A significantly rare first edition of the illustrated horticultural treatise, ‘Illustrations of the Principal Natural Orders of the Vegetable Kingdom.’ This incredible botanical collection contains 109 hand-colored illustrations by W. H. Fitch with supporting text by Daniel Oliver, who served as Keeper of the Herbarium and Library, Royal Gardens, Kew. As well as Emeritus Professor of Botany at University College in London.
Item number: #40600
Price: $599
OLIVER, Professor [Daniel]; FITCH, W.H. (Illus.)
Illustrations of the Principal Natural Orders of the Vegetable Kingdom. Prepared for the Science and Art Department of the Council of Education.
London: Chapman and Hall, 1874. First edition.
Details:
- Collation: Complete
- [8], 182, [2]
- 109 color plates
- Provenance: handwritten
- Norris Wolfenden
- Richard Norris Wolfenden (1854-1926) was an English physician and oceanographer.
- [Basil Wanle]
- Norris Wolfenden
- Language: English
- Binding: Hardcover; secure
- Red cloth
- Size: ~7.5in X 10.25in (19cm x 26cm)
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40600
Category
Botany, Gardening, & Herbals
Authors
OLIVER, Professor [Daniel]; FITCH, W.H. (Illus.)
Printing Date
19th Century
Language
English
Binding
Hardcover
Book Condition
Excellent
Collation
Complete