An Introduction to Botany

by John Lindley

$250 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books

Publisher's green cloth boards ruled in blind and pictorially blind-stamped on both boards, gilt-stamped title on spine, bookplate on front pastedown Thorough reference by the eminent English botanist John Lindley in superlative condition, with six engravings of plant parts in a very fine original cloth binding. An important work in the history of taxonomy. Employed early in his career by Sir Joseph Banks, Lindley is best known for his recommendation that Kew

• Binding: Hardcover

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