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LOT 2602
Books on Wild Flowers - 2 Volumes
1855-1856 A.D.
5 5/8 x 4 1/2 in. (660 grams total, 14.2 x 11.3 cm each).
Anne Pratt - 2 volumes each hardback with moulded covers, gilt titling to spine; Volume 1: London, 1855, 192 pp, colour plates; Volume 2: London,1856, 190 pp. [2, No Reserve]
Provenance
Property of a Cornwall, UK, gentleman.
Footnotes
Produced by the Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge.
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