The Collector's Portfolio of Hooker's Finest Fruits
1989 (First Edition Thus).
Prentice Hall Press
, New York, United States
Excellent value for those needing to decorate a room with superb, pristine reproductions from a master working in the golden age of botanical illustration (1730 - 1850).
$100.00
Specifications
| Author | Hooker , William |
| Publisher | Prentice Hall Press |
| Place Published | New York, United States |
| Year Published | 1989 (First Edition Thus) |
| Date of First Edition or Edition Notes |
1989 |
| Size | Small 4to - Quarto, 250mm x 190mm |
| Chapters | Unspecified |
| Pages | Unspecified |
Condition Report
| Cover | Hardcover patterned boards with dark blue inlays with a flat board spine and loosely tied with dark blue ribbon and board envelopes inside holding the reproduced antique botanical prints all in fine condition. The portfolio edge has some non obvious minor insect damage. also included is and informative brochure [also with the tiniest evidence of insect contact at top right hand corner) about William Hooker and instructions original mounting and framing . this brochure with the portfolio are still in and excellent state overall. |
| Overall | The prints are painstakingly reproduced from the original prints in the Royal Horticultural Society's London Library. all prints are trimmed to 9" x 12" and are specifically selected to frame and hang "for a superb finishing touch to almost any style of interior decor.". |