[Rarebooks] FS: Conversations on Botany, 1823, with hand-colored plates

[Charles Agvent]

CONVERSATIONS ON BOTANY. London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, et al 1823.
Fourth  Edition.  Duodecimo (4-1/4" x 7") bound in recent  half  black
polished  calf  with gilt-ruled spine retaining the  original  marbled
boards  with leather lacking from the corners. xviii, 267 pp; list  of
plates;  explanation  of  the table of classes; pronunciation  of  the
Latin  names  of  plants;  explanation   of  botanical  terms;  index.
Illustrated  with  22 fine hand-colored plates, all in  bright,  clean
condition.  Inscription  on  the top of the title  page  "to  Caroline
Elizth. Goodwin./ F. H. Bakewell 1824."                        $450.00

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