By William Macgillivray
London   Scott, Webster, and Geary
6.5" by 4.5" xii, 272, 15pp.
A smart first edition of this illustrated manual of botany from Scottish naturalist William MacGillivray.
By William Macgillivray

1840 A Manual of Botany: Comprising Vegetable Anatomy and Physiology

London   Scott, Webster, and Geary
6.5" by 4.5" xii, 272, 15pp.
A smart first edition of this illustrated manual of botany from Scottish naturalist William MacGillivray.
£125.00
: 0.75kgs / : 937T70

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First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce

First edition. Scarce. Illustrated with fifteen plates to the rear and numerous in-text images. Collated complete. A detailed and comprehensive manual of botany, focused on vegetable anatomy and physiology or the structure and functions of plants. With chapters on buds, forms, mode of flowering, the seed, germination, vegetable life, nutrition, geographical distribution, and much more. Written by William MacGillivray, a Scottish naturalist and ornithologist.

Condition

In the original red cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing and minor bumping to the extremities. Light fading to the spine and board edges. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright and clean with the odd pencil annotation. Further pencil marks to the plates with annotations to the rear endpapers.

Very Good

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