Flowers from Foreign Lands; Their History and Botany with Concise Descriptions of Their Native Regions

Houlston & Stoneman 1853 small hardback. Full leather with 5 raised bands and gilttitles to spine.Boards very scuffed/marked.Original gilt decoration to front and rear boards mostly worn away.Text-block separated from binding and frontis. Blank fep missing.Title page, prelims and last two pages heavily soiled/foxed otherwise numerous lighter smudges/fox spots throughout Two text pages have horizontal tears running through text 198pp.Complete with hand-coloured frontis plus a further 11 hand-coloured plates as called for.A candidate for restoration.