HORTUS GRAMINEUS WOBURNENSIS: Or, An Account of the Results of Experiments on the Produce and Nutritive Qualities of Different Grasses and other Plants used as the Food of the More Valuable Domestic Animals: Instituted by John, Duke of Bedford
Hardcover
1825 · London
by Sinclair, George
London: Printed for James Ridgway, 1825. Book. Very good condition. Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Royal octavo (tall 8vo). xx, 438 pages of text including an index. Hardcover binding: quarter leather with marbled paper-covered boards. Moderate rubbing to the extremities, with slight cracking to surface of spine leather, remaining attractive and intact; protected in custom stiff archival mylar. Illustrated with 60 hand-colored plates. Over half of the plates, and numerous pages of text, are affected by minor to moderate foxing. Inner hinges starting to weaken.. (Inventory #: 006177)