James Edward Smith; W. Jackson Hooker
An Introduction to the Study of Botany
London, Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, 1833. Leather. A seventh edition of Sir James Edward Smith's introduction to botany, illustrated with plates bound to the rear. With chapters on bark, wood, natural history, medulla, vegetation, roots, buds, stems, sap-vessels, and more.Written by Sir James Edward Smith, a botanist and the founder of the Linnean Society.The seventh edition of this work, corrected and edited by W. Jackson Hooker, the first director of Kew.Illustrated with thirty-six plates bound to the rear; collated, complete. In a half calf binding. Externally generally smart; spine is rather rubbed, as are the extremities. Front joint is starting a touch to the head. Internally, generally firmly bound; front joint is strained but firm, in particular at the first page of the editor's preface. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the first few leaves a little spotted. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
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