The Book Of Flowers - Four Centuries Of Flower Illustration
1984 (First Edition).
Exeter Books
, New York, United States
Written by a leading authority on the history of plants, this scholarly work is one of the most lavish and attractive records of flower illustrations ever to be produced with over 40 full page colour plates largely taken from rare printed books mainly from 1485 to 1850, after which standards of reproduction began to decline. Magnificent in every aspect.
$75.00
Specifications
| Author | Coats, Alice M |
| Publisher | Exeter Books |
| Place Published | New York, United States |
| Year Published | 1984 (First Edition) |
| Date of First Edition or Edition Notes |
1984 |
| Size | 4to - Quarto, 241mm x 305mm |
| Chapters | Unspecified |
| Pages | 208pp |
Condition Report
| Cover | Hardcover with olive green cloth covered boards in good condition with obvious scuffing of the bottom edge and other shelf wear and with a pictorial laminated dust wrapper in good condition with minor scuffing and minor foxing original the verse. |
| Overall | Text and all black and white and colour illustrations in excellent condition printed on high quality cream art-paper interspersed with white glossy paper for the large size prints and photos. |