A History of the Vegetable Kingdom; embracing the Physiology of Plants with their uses to man and the lower animals and their application in the arts manufactures and domestic Economy.

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London: Blackie and Son 1865. Thick Roy. 8vo. Orig. cloth (rebacked in matching calf; slightly flecked). Gilt. (xii 720 8pp.). With portr. additional engrv. title-page with vignette 40 full-page engrv. plates most of which are coloured an additional plate entitled "Australian Trees and Shrubs" and num. wood-engrv. text-figs. The Appendix at end covers Australian plants. Previous booksellers stamp on title-page. Slightly foxed otherwise fine and complete. Text printed in double-column.