THE REPORT ON THE PRIMULA CONFERENCE HELD AT SOUTH KENSINGTON ON APRIL 20 TH 1886 & ORCHID NOMENCLATURE CONFERENCE [Bound with] THE BRITISH CHARACEAE [and] SOMERSET RUBI [and] A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE FLORA OF BRECONSHIRE
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- Very Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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London: Royal Horticultural Society and Others, 1886. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. A collection of original botanical works bound together as follows [not necessarily bound in this order] THE JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY Vol. VII. - No. 2 REPORT ON THE PRIMULA CONFERENCE HELD AT SOUTH KENSINGTON on April 20th and 21st 1886 and on the ORCHID NOMENCLATURE CONFERENCE, held at Liverpool On June 3oth, 1886. Pages 157-312; seven b/w in-text portrait illustrations of primula, numerous other in-text illustrations [Bound with] Groves, Henry and Groves, James REVIEW OF THE BRITISH CHARACEAE pages 1-20 with 4 engraved lithographic plates, extracted from the Journal of Botany, [bound with] Groves, Henry and Groves, James ON CHARA OBTUSA A SPECIES NEW TO BRITAIN with lithographic plate, reprinted from the 'Journal of Botany' for January 1881, [bound with ] NOTES ON BRITISH CHARACEAE by the same authors and also from the Journal of Botany [bound with] further papers on the Characeae by the same authors/publication also with lithographic plates, one with an inscription to the head by Henry Groves [bound with ] Murray, Rev. R. P. , NOTES ON THE SOMERSET RUBI, also reprinted from the Journal of Botany for July 1886 [bound with] Barrett, W. Bowles, A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE FLORA OF BRECONSHIRE, likewise reprinted from the Journal of Botany, 1885. Contemporary quarter tan calf with marbled boards and gilt decoration to the spine, with gilt title 'Monog Anglic'; a little worn and rubbed with light chipping to the head of the spine, but remains strong. Contents clean and tight. A very good copy..
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 031179
- Title
- THE REPORT ON THE PRIMULA CONFERENCE HELD AT SOUTH KENSINGTON ON APRIL 20 TH 1886 & ORCHID NOMENCLATURE CONFERENCE [Bound with] THE BRITISH CHARACEAE [and] SOMERSET RUBI [and] A CONTRIBUTION TOWARDS THE FLORA OF BRECONSHIRE
- Author
- Various
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Royal Horticultural Society and Others
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1886
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Floras - British; Botany;
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- Gilt
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