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Lot 121
Sale 6286 - The Collected Library
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Mar 5, 2025
Lots Close
Mar 18, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$320
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Lot Description
[NATURAL HISTORY - GRASS]. A group of 7 works, comprising:
KNAPP, John Leonard (1767-1845). Gramina Britannica or, Representations of British Grasses. London: Longman & Co., 1842. -- LINDSAY, William Lauder (1829-1880). A Popular History of British Lichens. London: Lovell Reeve, 1856. -- PRATT, Anne (1806-1891). The Green Fields and Their Grasses. London: The Society of Promoting Christian Knowledge, 1854. -- PRATT. Another copy. -- SHARPE, Richard Bowdler (1847-1909), editor. Lloyd's Natural History. London: Edward Lloyd, Limited, 1896-1897. 16 volumes. -- TRIPP, Frances Elizabeth (1832-1890). British Mosses, Their Homes, Aspects, Structure, and Uses. London: George Bell & Sons, 1874. 2 volumes. -- WILSON, William (1799-1871). Bryologia Britannica. London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, 1865.
Together, 7 works in 23 volumes, various 12mo, 8vo and 4to sizes, most rebound. Condition generally fine.
Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas