[Rarebooks] FS: 1st ed. of a classic botanical work on the rose. NY: 1847

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(HORTICULTURE) Parsons, Samuel Browne. THE ROSE: ITS HISTORY, POETRY, 
CULTURE, AND CLASSIFICATION. New York: Wiley & Putnam. 1847. First edition. Lg. 8vo. 
280,(4)pp. Illustrated with 2 finely hand-colored plates of roses and 1 
uncolored plate illustrating grafts. Orig. pictorial blue cloth, blind & gilt 
stamped, re-cased, with the original spine strip (lightly soiled) laid down. A few 
stains where plants had been pressed in.     $450.00 (trade discount allowed)
The scarce first edition of this classic of botanical literature.

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