1880 Rare Book ~ Haunts of the Wild Flowers with 8 coloured plates by Anne Pratt.
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(Description)
Author: Anne Pratt.
Title: Haunts of the Wild Flowers.
Publisher: London, George Routledge and Sons, no date (circa 1880).
Language: Text in English.
Size: 6.5 "X 4.5 ".
Pages: 320 pages.
Binding: Attractive and very good original gilt decorated full-cloth binding (hinges fine, overall slightly worn and scuffed - as shown) under a protective removable mylar cover. All edges gilt.
Content: Very good content (bright, tight, and clean, rare light foxing or staining - as shown, prize note dated 1883 on the first blank page - as shown).
Illustrations: Complete with the eight wonderful full-page colored plates (chromolithography) with their free tissue guard, illustrating Wild Flowers species by Anne Pratt.
Estimate: (Scarce with few or no other copies available for sale worldwide).
The book: Beautiful Victorian book on the Haunts of the Wild Flowers by the famous Victorian botanical and ornithological illustrator Anne Pratt.
The author: Anne Pratt (5 December 1806 – 1893) was a botanical and ornithological illustrator and author from Strood, Kent.