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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

Title: 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 / by William Rhind ; illustrated by several hundred figures.
Author: Rhind, William, 1797-1864.
Publication: Glasgow : Edinburgh : London : Blackie and Son, 1855

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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	pts. 1-3	Text	Restricted use	Arents BIP (Rhind, W. History 1855) 06-112 pts. 1-3	Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person.	pts. 4-6	Text	Restricted use	Arents BIP (Rhind, W. History 1855) 06-112 pts. 4-6	Schwarzman Building - Arents Collection Room 328

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xii, 720 p., xli, [2] leaves of plates : ill. (some col.), port.; 26 cm.

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Added engraved t.p.
Rev. ed., with 29 new plates. Cf. "Prefatory note to this edition," p. iv.
Originally issued in 22 pts. and in 6 pts.; cf. prospectus. Title page and other prelims. in last pt.
Illustrations: 43 prints (incl. added t.p.) : etching, engraving , hand col. (22), b&w (21) ; full-page. Comprise added t.p., stipple-engraved port. of Linnaeus by S. Freeman, 18 plates showing vegetation in landscapes and 23 plates (22 hand-col.) of botanical details. Color plates by J. (Jas.) Bishop (18) and Jno. Johnstone (4), after W. Fitch (18); b&w plates by T. Cowan (5), T.G. Flowers (4), Thos. Brown (2), J. Scott (2), W. Warwick (2), Bishop (1), J. Brown (1) and J.H. Le Keux (1), after J. (Jas.) Stewart (14), Fitch (2), H.G. Hine (1) and Le Keux (1). -- Ca. 700 wood engravings of various sizes in the text. -- Additional full-page wood engraving on covers of pts by Dalziel, after P. Holland.
Includes "Glossary of botanical terms" (p. [698]-706) and index.
Issue in 6 parts: Each pt. (division) in illustrated buff paper covers. Publisher's advertisements on p. [4] of covers. Prospectus (3 p.) inserted in pt. 1; additional publisher's advertisements inserted in pts. 1-6.

Indexed In (note)

Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration.
Stafleu & Cowan. Taxonomic lit.

Call Number

Arents BIP (Rhind, W. History 1855) 06-112

OCLC

69651158

Author

Rhind, William, 1797-1864.

Title

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 / by William Rhind ; illustrated by several hundred figures.

Imprint

Glasgow : Edinburgh : London : Blackie and Son, 1855 (Glasgow : W.G. Blackie and Co.)

Indexed In:

Nissen, C. Botanische Buchillustration. 1628

Stafleu & Cowan. Taxonomic lit., 9126

Local Note

Arents copy: Issue in 6 pts.

Provenance: H. Partridge (inscriptions on covers).

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Fitch, W. H. (Walter Hood), 1817-1892. Illustrator

Hine, Henry George, 1811-1895. Illustrator

Stewart, James, active 1825-1861. Illustrator

Bishop, J. (James), active 1825-1859, etcher.

Cowan, T., etcher.

Flowers, T. G., etcher.

Freeman, Samuel, 1773-1857, etcher.

Johnstone, Jno (John), etcher.

Le Keux, John Henry, 1812-1896, etcher.

Dalziel Brothers. Wood engraver

Partridge, H. Former owner

Research Call Number

Arents BIP (Rhind, W. History 1855) 06-112

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