1850 Scarce Floriography Book ~ The Language of Flowers published by Milner and Company.
Author: Unknown.
Title: The Language of Flowers.
Publisher: London, Milner and Company, no date (circa 1850). First thus.
Language: Text in English.
Size: 5" X 3.5".
Pages: 126 pages + publisher's catalog.
Binding: Attractive and very good original full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly scuffed) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges gilt.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight and clean, rare light foxing or staining, the last blank free page of endpapers removed - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the nice hand-colored frontispiece illustration of Hare Bell and Forget Me Not.
Estimate: (Scarce with no or few other copies available for sale worldwide).
The book: Scarce Victorian Floriography book including the Language of Flowers & Floral Ceremonies.