1857 The Language of Flowers: An Alphabet of Floral Emblems
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Description
Colour Plates, First Edition, Illustrated, Pleasing Copy, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce
The first edition of this work, a scarce volume.
A charming volume translating the language of flowers, which have a creative power that was in requisition both in the celebration of Sacred Festivals in ancient times, and to win the interests of the heart.
Illustrating how to communicate a feeling through the use of flowers.
Embellished with six colour plates of flowers. Complete.
Condition
In the original publisher's cloth binding. Externally very smart with minor shelf wear only. Internally, firmly bound. The pages are generally clean throughout with a minor faint spotting to the occasional leaf. Illustrated with six coloured plates. Collated, complete.
Very Good Indeed
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