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Sale 350: Fine Americana with Maps & Atlases (#350) 03/01/2007 1:00 PM PST Closed
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Lot #26Geological Survey of California. Botany

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Sale 350: Fine Americana with Maps & Atlases (#350) 03/01/2007 1:00 PM PST Closed
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Description

Title:

Geological Survey of California. Botany

Author:

Brewer, W.H., Sereno Watson & Asa Gray

Place Published:

Cambridge

Publisher:

Welch, Beiglow & Co. [&] John Wilson

Date Published:

1876 & 1880

Description:

xx, 628; [xvi], 559 pp. (4to) 10½x7½, original green cloth lettered and decorated in gilt. First editions.

Detailed scientific listing of California plants, the first volume by W.H. Brewer, Sereno Watson and Asa Gray, the second by Sereno Watson. This work represents the first appearance of the taxonomy of flora within Yosemite Valley.

Condition:

Rear joint splitting on Vol. 1, some general wear to cloth; pencil notations in margins throughout; overall very good.

Item#:

180025

Headline:

Geological Survey of California. Botany
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