Alpine Plants: Figures and Descriptions of some of the Most Striking and Beautiful of the Alpine Flowers. 2 vols.

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London: Bell and Daldy 1872-1874. Small 4to. Orig. illust. blue cloth (spines darkened; extremities bumped & frayed). Gilt. With frontisp. and numerous beautifully hand-coloured full-page plates each with its orig. tissue-guard. Uncut and partly unopened. Some foxing. NOTE: The author was the joint-editor of ... Loudon's Encycl. of Gardening and Plants; Loudon's Hortus Britannicus etc. FURTHER NOTE: There are many references to New Holland (Australia) New Zealand America Cape of Good Hope etc.