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Verlag: Cornelius Wendell, Washington, 1859
Anbieter: Rodger Friedman Rare Book Studio, ABAA, Tuxedo, NY, USA
Erstausgabe
Zustand: Very Good. First edition. 2 parts, 29 cm; Botany: 270, 78 pages, and 136 lithograph plates of plants and cacti; Zoology:62, 32, 29, 85 pages, and 144 lithograph plates, 35 of them (the birds) colored by hand. Bound in red buckram. Upper hinge split in part 2, expertly repaired with strong Japanese paper. Colored plates are clean, occasional foxing on uncolored plates. Provenance: bookplate of Henry Osborne Havemeyer, the 19th-century sugar magnate.