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1879 BOTANICAL ART 1ed Flowers & Ferns America

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1879 BOTANICAL ART 1ed Flowers & Ferns America

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1879 BOTANICAL ART 1ed Flowers & Ferns America Illustrated Plants Botany Meehan

Thomas Meehan was a notable 19th-century botanist who published numerous works on plants, flowers, and botanical sciences. However, his most important work was a series of volumes on flowers and ferns native to the United States. These books gained Meehan worldwide acclaim, much in part to the exquisite color engravings throughout.

This volume contains 48 full-page color engravings of flowers.

Item number: #14221

Price: $499

MEEHAN, Thomas

The native flowers and ferns of the United States in their botanical, horticultural and popular aspects

Boston : L. Prang and Co., 1879. First edition.

Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages; volume 2

v, [1], 200

48 color engraved plates

Language: English

Binding: Leather; tight & secure

Size: ~10.5in X 7.75in (26.5cm x 19.5cm)

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