Thirty-Eight Plates, with Explanations: Intended to Illustrate Linnaeus'S System of Vegetables, and Particularly Adapted to the Letters On the Elements of Botany Martyn, Thomas and Nodder, Frederick Polydore

Martyn, Thomas; Nodder, Frederick Polydore

ISBN 10: 1141604507 / ISBN 13: 9781141604500

Published by Nabu Press, 2010

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London: John White, Horace's Head, Fleet Street, 1799. Hardcover in publisher's original half-leather and marbled boards. An early edition; vi, 72 pages + 38 hand colored plates, drawn and engraved by F P Nodder. 230mm x 140mm (9 x 6 inches): Thomas Martyn [1735-1825] was Professor of Botany at the University of Cambridge; F. P. Nodder was a botanical painter to Queen Charlotte and was associated with Sir Joseph Banks. Boards detached and worn, spine strip almost entirely gone, early ownership signature, light staining and foxing, etc. in places, otherwise good overall condition with bright 18th c. coloring to all 38 plates. NOT EX-LIBRARY. (yjd).

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Thirty-Eight Plates, with Explanations: Intended to Illustrate Linnaeus'S System of Vegetables, and Particularly Adapted to the Letters On the Elements of Botany Martyn, Thomas and Nodder, Frederick Polydore
• Publisher: Nabu Press
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1141604507
• ISBN 13: 9781141604500
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Collectible; Acceptable

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