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The Lady's and Gentleman's Botanical Pocket Book; Adapted to Withering's Arrangement of British Plants, Intended to Faciliate and Promote the Study of Indigenous Botany
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The Lady's and Gentleman's Botanical Pocket Book; Adapted to Withering's Arrangement of British Plants, Intended to Faciliate and Promote the Study of Indigenous Botany

Author(s): Mavor, William
Binding: Hardcover
Volume Condition: Poor
Dust Jacket: No
Dust Jacket Condition: N/A
Dust Jacket Protection: N/A
Signature: None
Language: English
Publisher Name: Printed for Vernor & Hood - Poultry
Publication Year: 1800
Publication Place: London, UK
Book ID: 027665
Catalogue(s): Rare and Antiquarian Books ◇ Gardens, Gardening and Plants

x, [4], 186, [6]pp, with 2 leaves of plates, engraved title page.  Full leather binding.  12mo.  Boards heavily worn, chipped over around spine, with partial loss of spine leather.  Rear board detached. Previous owner's label, and a second owner's inscription, dated 1964, on front paste down.  Endpapers heavily soiled, pages browning throughout.  Some binding offset and some cracked gutters resulting in page offsetting and loosening. Early leaves show signs of old water damage, hardened and warped.  

Volume is in poor condition.  We would not normally offer a book in this condition but it is scarce and may serve to fill a gap in a collection until a better copy can be sourced and afforded.

Keywords:
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