1870 Rhind BOTANICAL History Vegetable Kingdom Plants Botany Illustrated Herbal

1870 Rhind BOTANICAL History Vegetable Kingdom Plants Botany Illustrated Herbal

William Rhind’s ‘History of the Vegetable Kingdom’ is a rare, 19^th-century book written to help classify plants and provide comprehensive descriptions of leaves, seeds, fruits, flowers, and vegetables. This work is notable for its impressive collection of colored illustrations.

Item number: #17165

Price: $550

RHIND, William

A history of the vegetable kingdom: embracing the physiology, classification, and culture of plants, with their uses to man and the lower animals, and their application in the arts, manufactures, and domestic economy.

London: Blackie and Son…, 1870.

Details:

• Collation: Complete with all pages
  • xvi, 744
  • 46 steel-engraved plates
  • Hundreds of woodcut engravings throughout
• Provenance: Bookplate – Thomas Spotswood Ash.
  • Motto – NON NOBIS SED OMNIBUS
• Language: English
• Binding: Leather; tight and secure
• Size: ~10in X 7.25in (25.5cm x 18cm)

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