James and Sons VEITCH: Manual of the Coniferae containing General / 1st Edition

by VEITCH, James and Sons

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A Manual of the Coniferae, containing a General Review of the Order; a Synopsis of the Hardy Kinds cultivated in Great Britain; their Place and Use in Horticulture .. Author: VEITCH, James and Sons Title: A Manual of the Coniferae, containing a General Review of the Order; a Synopsis of the Hardy Kinds cultivated in Great Britain; their Place and Use in Horticulture .. Publication: Chelsea, James Veitch & Sons, 1881 Edition: First Edition Description: Large octavo, [iv], 350 pages with 63 illustrations plus numerous full-page engravings and 3 folding plates. Brown cloth lettered and decorated in gilt, and decorated in black all round; covers bumped, rubbed and slightly worn at the extremities; binding cracked in one place (but firm); endpapers and adjacent leaves a trifle foxed and marked; top corner crease to the title leaf; ownership details (but see below); bottom margin of 25 consecutive leaves lightly creased; occasional annotations and emphases (mostly in pencil - again, see below); mild signs of age and use; a very good copy. The contemporary ownership details of 'Jos. W. Love, Wirrabara S.A. 11/1/82' are written in ink at the head of the title page, with those of 'Walter Gill | Wirrabara Forest | 1886' and 'Stan Lightenning 1966' on the verso of the front free endpaper. Joseph Love was a South Australian forester and botanical illustrator, whose work appeared in various editions of J.E. Brown's 'A Practical Treatise on Tree Culture in South Australia' (first published

• Publisher: James Veitch & Sons
• Year: 1881
• Condition: Very Good

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