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Title(s)
Wild flowers worth notice : being a selection from the British flora of some of our native plants, which are most attractive from their beauty, uses, or associations / by Mrs. Lankester ; fully illustrated by J.E. Sowerby.
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Published/Created
London : R. Hardwicke, 1861.
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Physical Description
xiv, 138, [2] p., [8] leaves of plates : col. ill. ; 17 cm.
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Holdings
Rare Books and Manuscripts
QK306 .L36 1861
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
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Copyright Status
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Full YALE Library Record
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Classification
Books
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Notes
Title stamped in gilt on front cover: Wild flowers by Mrs. Lankester.
Includes index.
Publisher's advertisement, [2] p. at end.
Of green leaf, bird, and flower: artists' books and the natural world, p. 78
Selected exhibitions: "'Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower': Artists' Books and the Natural World" (Yale Center for British Art, May 15 - August 10, 2014).
BAC: British Art Center copy bound in publisher's blind- and gilt-stamped green cloth; gilt edges. Publisher's advertisements on verso of front cover and recto of back cover. -
Subject Terms
Botany -- Great Britain. | Great Britain -- Social life and customs -- 19th century. | Wild flowers -- Great Britain.
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Form/Genre
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Export
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IIIF Manifest
"Of Green Leaf, Bird, and Flower" : Artists' Books and the Natural World (Yale Center for British Art, May 15, 2014-August 10, 2014) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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