C e moss e w hunnybun (4 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. Very Good condition. Volume 2. (Plant life, reference, Botany, Great Britain) NOT AVAILABLE FOR SHIPMENT OUTSIDE OF THE UNITED STATES.

1914. Botany. Cambridge Uiversity Press/Macmillan Co. ex-liubrary, no covers, sewing still intact at binding, stamped "Advanced copy for editorial use April 24, 1914". 206 plates 27.5cm x 38 cm. good working copy.

Quarter calf and cloth. Zustand: Very Good. First Edition. 1914 - 1920. Well illustrated with plates from line drawings by E.W. Hunnybun, quarto, pp xx, 206; xvi, 200, top edge gilt, front hinge slightly weak in Volume III, , otherwise very clean and sound internally, publisher's quarter morocco and cloth, very slightly worn, spine slightly rubbed, a little frayed at the base, spines slightly faded to a different hue, but overall a very good set. [All published, and scarce in this binding] VERY HEAVY - WEIGHING 10 KILOS BEFORE PACKING - EXTRA POSTAGE WILL BE REQUIRED. E.W. Hunnybun (illustrator).…

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. A comprehensive reference book on British plants, with over three-hundred and fifty illustrated plates. Volumes II and III of The Cambridge British Flora. Bound in four volumes, comprising of two illustrated volumes accompanyed by two text volumes. Originally part of a ten volume work. In total across both illustrated volumes there are 397 plates, illustrated by E W Hunnybun, a famed botanical artist. With an additional frontispiece and several vignettes in the accompanying text volumes. Ex libris 6th Duke of Portland as indicated by bookplate to front pastedown of three of the four volumes. William Cavendish-Bentinck was a British landowner, courtier and Conservative politician. He served as a lieutenant in the Coldstream Guards and had a flourishing military career. Upon leaving his military career he pursued politics and sat on Conservative benches in the House of Lords. Written by Charles Edward Moss with the assistance of specialists in certain genera. Moss was an English born South African botanist, he edited this very high standard reference work which was unfortunately abandoned before it could reach its ten volumes. In original quarter cloth bindings. Externally, smart with bumping to the head and tail of spines. Some chipping to spine labels. Hinges are slightly strained but firm to all volumes. Bookseller's label 'Lupton Bros' to front pastedown of all volumes. Prior owner's bookplate to front pastedown of both volume IIs and to the text volume III, William Arthur Sixth Duke of Portland. Internally, all volumes are generally firmly bound. Some offsetting to endpapers. Otherwise, pages are bright with the odd spot throughout. Very Good Indeed. Various (illustrator). book.…