THE POETRY OF FLOWERS AND FLOWERS OF POETRY; A SIMPLE TREATISE ON BOTANY, WITH FAMILIAR EXAMPLES AND A COPIOUS FLORAL DICTIONARY
by EDITED BY FRANCES S. OSGOOD
- Used
- good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
NEW YORK: J. C. RIKER, 1848 RARE BOOK, NICE LOOKING DARK BROWN. GOLD DESIGN FRONT AND SPINE. GOLD TRIM ON PAGE EDGES. AN INSCRIPTION GIVING THE BOOK TO SOMEONE IN 1853 IN FRONT. BEAUTIFUL PLATES OF FLOWERS THROUGHOUT. NICE INTRODUCTION, FLOWER DETAIL, BOTANY AND FLORAL DICTIONARY. TIGHT AND CLEAN WITH LIGHT FOXING. FOR THE LOVER OF FLOWERS. Frances Sargent Osgood (née Locke; June 18, 1811 May 12, 1850) was an American poet and one of the most popular women writers during her time. Nicknamed "Fanny", she was also famous for her exchange of romantic poems with Edgar Allan Poe. Frances Sargent Locke was born in Boston, Massachusetts to Joseph Locke, a wealthy merchant, and his second wife, Mary Ingersoll Foster. Her father's first wife, Martha Ingersoll, was the sister of Mary, his second wife. Mary was also the widow of Benjamin Foster, by whom she had two children: William Vincent Foster and Anna Maria Wells, who would also become a published poet and close associate of Frances. ANTIQUE BOOKS DEN, WHERE INTERESTING BOOKS LIVE.
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- Bookseller
- Antique Books Den (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001681
- Title
- THE POETRY OF FLOWERS AND FLOWERS OF POETRY; A SIMPLE TREATISE ON BOTANY, WITH FAMILIAR EXAMPLES AND A COPIOUS FLORAL DICTIONARY
- Author
- EDITED BY FRANCES S. OSGOOD
- Illustrator
- ILLUSTRATED
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Publisher
- J. C. RIKER
- Place of Publication
- NEW YORK
- Date Published
- 1848
- Size
- 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- FLOWERS, POETRY
- Bookseller catalogs
- Miscellaneous; EDUCATION; POETRY;
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