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ARCHER, Thomas Croxen. Popular Economic Botany. London: Reeve and Co., 1853. Small 4° (162 x 125mm). 20 hand-coloured wood-engraved plates (one plate almost detached). Original dark green cloth decorated in gilt and blind (corners a little rubbed and bumped).
With 7 other similar books including D. Landsborough's A Popular History of British Sea-Weeds (London, 1851, second edition), George Brettingham Sowerby's Popular British Conchology (London, 1854) and H. G. Adams' Beautiful Shells (London, 1887), all with hand-coloured plates. (8)
With 7 other similar books including D. Landsborough's A Popular History of British Sea-Weeds (London, 1851, second edition), George Brettingham Sowerby's Popular British Conchology (London, 1854) and H. G. Adams' Beautiful Shells (London, 1887), all with hand-coloured plates. (8)
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