{"product_id":"1854-scarce-book-floral-offering-legends-of-flowers-hand-colored-plates","title":"1854 Scarce Book - Floral Offering, Legends of Flowers, Hand-Colored Plates","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"61\" data-end=\"1173\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchorContainer\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"61\" data-end=\"72\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e Susan Pindar.\u003cbr data-start=\"86\" data-end=\"89\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"89\" data-end=\"99\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e The Floral Offering; or, Legends of the Flowers.\u003cbr data-start=\"148\" data-end=\"151\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"151\" data-end=\"165\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/strong\u003e New York: D. Appleton and Company, 346 \u0026amp; 348 Broadway, 1854.\u003cbr data-start=\"226\" data-end=\"229\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"229\" data-end=\"242\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/strong\u003e Text in English.\u003cbr data-start=\"259\" data-end=\"262\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"262\" data-end=\"271\"\u003eSize:\u003c\/strong\u003e 6.5 x 4.5 inches.\u003cbr data-start=\"289\" data-end=\"292\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"292\" data-end=\"302\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 178 pages + publisher’s catalogue.\u003cbr data-start=\"337\" data-end=\"340\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"340\" data-end=\"352\"\u003eBinding:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good to very good original brown cloth binding, richly decorated in blind with floral ornaments to the covers and gilt floral decoration to the spine. Light wear, rubbing, and scuffing to the boards and extremities, with some fading and wear to the spine, including the upper spine end, as shown. Binding remains attractive and sound. Protected in a removable mylar cover. \u003cbr data-start=\"687\" data-end=\"690\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"690\" data-end=\"702\"\u003eContent:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good to very good content. Light foxing, age-toning, and occasional staining throughout, as shown, otherwise a complete and well-preserved copy of this uncommon title.\u003cbr data-start=\"870\" data-end=\"873\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"873\" data-end=\"891\"\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/strong\u003e Complete with 4 beautiful full-page hand-coloured illustrations, with original hand-colouring as published, including the frontispiece “Flora’s Festival,” together with “Fairy Island,” “Moss Mantle,” and “The Fay’s Mission.” The plates remain bright, charming, and very attractive.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"873\" data-end=\"891\"\u003eEstimate:\u003c\/strong\u003e(Scarce with no or few other copies available for sale worldwide).\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"PDq2pG_selectionAnchor\"\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1175\" data-end=\"1789\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1175\" data-end=\"1188\"\u003eThe book:\u003c\/strong\u003e A scarce and delightful mid-19th-century flower fairy book, \u003cstrong data-start=\"1249\" data-end=\"1300\"\u003eThe Floral Offering; or, Legends of the Flowers\u003c\/strong\u003e combines moral tales, botanical fancy, and fairy literature in a charming Victorian format. The work presents a series of flower legends and imaginative episodes, where flowers, fairies, children, and moral lessons are woven together in a style typical of the period’s gift books and juvenile literature. This 1854 Appleton edition is especially appealing for its delicate original hand-coloured plates, which add a vivid visual charm to the floral and fairy-world atmosphere of the text.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1791\" data-end=\"2204\" data-is-last-node=\"\" data-is-only-node=\"\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"1791\" data-end=\"1806\"\u003eThe author:\u003c\/strong\u003e Susan Pindar was a 19th-century writer of children’s and fairy literature, also noted on the title page as the author of \u003cstrong data-start=\"1928\" data-end=\"1948\"\u003eFireside Fairies\u003c\/strong\u003e and \u003cstrong data-start=\"1953\" data-end=\"1971\"\u003eMidsummer Fays\u003c\/strong\u003e. Her work belongs to the Victorian tradition of combining fantasy, nature, and moral instruction, often using fairies and flowers as imaginative figures through which children could encounter lessons of kindness, beauty, and virtue.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"MFLIBRA - Antique Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":48708087546105,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0953\/3348\/files\/20260724floral_01.jpg?v=1784899897","url":"https:\/\/mflibra.com\/products\/1854-scarce-book-floral-offering-legends-of-flowers-hand-colored-plates","provider":"MFLIBRA - Antique Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}