A Companion to the Botanical Magazine or a Familiar Introduction to the Study of Botany, Now First Published in the Form of a Dialogue Betwixt a Pupil and His Preceptor

Curtis, William

Published by Published by the author, The Botanic Garden, Lambeth-Marsh, 1788

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Octavo, pp 33,(i) + eight hand coloured engraved plates with slight age-toning, the last twoplates with slight foxing also, each plate has a descriptive explantikon page opposite, twentieth century boards with cloth spine, the upper cover a little faded but otherwise very good. RARE. [Designed to illustrat a series of public lectures given by Curtis at his Botanic Garden, only two parts, each of four plates, were ever published. The garden was in Lambeth Marsh, near to what is now Waterloo Station.]].

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Companion to the Botanical Magazine or a Familiar Introduction to the Study of Botany, Now First Published in the Form of a Dialogue Betwixt a Pupil and His Preceptor
• Publisher: Published by the author, The Botanic Garden, Lambeth-Marsh
• Publication Date: 1788
• Binding: Cloth-backed boards
• Edition: First Edition.
• Condition: Good
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