Unity in Variety as Deduced From The Vegetable Kingdom:being an attempt at developing that oneness that is discoverable in the habits, mode of growth, and principle of construction of all plants.

Christopher Dresser

Published by James S. Virtue, 1860

Published by James S. Virtue in 1860. A First Edition. Hardcover. Size: 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 inches. Page number:161. Brown leather embossed boards. Five bands and a smart red label to the spine. Gilt lettering. A neat booksellers label on the first endpaper states that the book was purchased in Birmingham, and embossed lettering on the cover, and a label inside, indicate that it was given as a prize to a student at The Birmingham School of Design. Marbled end papers and red end block. Chapters are entitled: Similarities that exist between plants at some period of growth; Similarity of the mode of growth: Unity traceable in all varieties of the root; The stem; The bud; The Leaf; The inflorescence; The flower; The fruit; The seed and ovule; Tracing and unity between the parts described in the last chapter; Unity existing in plants as deduced from classification; Unity as deduced from the arrangements of their parts; Habits of the parts of plants; Unity from the poetic and artistic phases of plants; Unity from the vital force and Unity between all plants, from general considerations. 300 black and white images. Condition: Near Fine. The boards are a little rubbed. The gilding remains bright. The binding is tight. The pages are lightly foxed but clean and un-thumbed. A previous owners name is written in biro on the first end paper. Seller Inventory # 001061

Bibliographic Details

Title: Unity in Variety as Deduced From The ...
Publisher: James S. Virtue
Publication Date: 1860
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Near Fine
Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket
Edition: 1st Edition