A Description of the Genus Pinus, with Directions Relative to the Cultivation, and Remarks on the Uses of the Several Species: also Descriptions of Many Other New Species of the Family of Coniferae. Illustrated with Figures

LAMBERT, Aylmer Bourke.

Published by LondonMessrs. Wddell Prospect Row Walworth ., 1832

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FIRST EDITION THUS. 2 vols. Large 8vo. (28 x 18 cm). Title, dedication and pp[v]-viii+76; title+[77]-183+[4]. Contemporary half black morocco over olive grained cloth. Stipple engraved portrait frontispiece and 75 original hand coloured engraved plates of which 12 are folding. The first great iconography of conifers, originally published in folio in 1803 with magnificent plates by Ferdinand Bauer. This edition in reduced format. The number of plates appears to vary from copy to copy. Pritzel calls for 81 and Nissen calls variously for 72, 75, 76, 81, 103, 107 and 111. This copy appears complete with 75 coloured plates and accompanying descriptions. (Nissen BBI 1126; Pritzel 5010; Henrey 923).

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Title
A Description of the Genus Pinus, with Directions Relative to the Cultivation, and Remarks on the Uses of the Several Species: also Descriptions of Many Other New Species of the Family of Coniferae. Illustrated with Figures
Author
LAMBERT, Aylmer Bourke.
Publisher
LondonMessrs. Wddell Prospect Row Walworth .
Publication year
1832
Binding
Hardcover
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1st Edition
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