Author: Dorothea Eastwood
Title: Mirror of Flowers
Description: London, Derek Verschoyle, 1953 . First edition. Cloth. A wonderfully illustrated history of the flowers and herbs of Great Britain, written by Dorothea Eastwood, inscribed by the author to one of the contributors. The first edition. Uncommon work. Inscribed by the author to 'Richard Hobbes with many thanks from Dorothea Eastwood for Plate VII&apos. Richard Hobbes was one of the contributing illustrators to the work, providing the sketch for plate VII, 'Common St. John's Wort and Rose Bay&apos.This informative botanical study explores flowers and herbs found in Great Britain, and was written by English author and gardener, Dorothea Eastwood. Illustrated with twenty-one plates, four of which are in colour. Collated, complete. Bound in the publisher's cloth. Lacking the dust wrapper. Externally, excellent, with minod bumping to the extremities and a little darkening to the spine. The odd mark to cloth. Author's ink inscription to the front endpaper. Internally, firmly bound with very bright and clean pages. Near Fine . Ill.: Various. Near Fine .

Keywords: Dorothea Eastwood botany natural science signed botany Richard Hobbes Various


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