henslow cecilia (1 Ergebnisse)

Zustand: Very Good. 1st edition. Cloth, VG. xvi+144pp, 2 hand coloured plates, index, all edges gilt, cloth rubbed at the corners & with a small amount of loss to the cloth at the head of the spine & along the rear spine hinge, cloth a little grubby at the edges of the boards, old ownership signatures on the endpaper one of which has been crossed out, a fair copy of an uncommon book. Binder's ticket of Edmonds & Remnants on the pastedown. Slim introductory monograph on the classification of plants, based on the mid 19th century 'Natural System' of botanical classification. The 'First Class' of plants being those most perfect in form. 175 grams.