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Books on the Language of Flowers for
Sale:
[3559] . The Language of Flowers. New York: Leavitt, Trow, & Co, 1849. 16mo - over
5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good poetically expressed, being a
complete Flora’s Album. NW (Leavitt & Allen) 1849. 16mo. 128 pages with 4
hand-coloured plates. Red cloth with gilt stamping.
$59.95
[3533] . The Language of Flowers. New York: Leavitt & Allen, 1847. 1st Edition. 16mo
- over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good poetically expressed,
being a complete Flora’s Album. NW (Leavitt & Allen) 1847. 16mo. 128 pages
with 4 hand-coloured plates. Cloth with decorative gilt stamping. (Weight 8 oz
or 250gr)
$59.95
[3792] Edgarton, Miss S. C.. The
Flower-Vase. Lowell and Boston:
Merrill and Straw, 1853. 16mo - over 5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very
Good containing the Language of Flowers and their Poetic Sentiments. Boston
1853. 12mo. 157 pages. Red cloth with gilt stamping.
$65.95
[5571] Edgarton, S.C.. The Flower Vase;
containing the Language of Flowers and Their Poetic Sentiments. Lowell: Merrill and Heywood, 1847. 16mo - over
5¾" - 6¾" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good Lowell 1847. 16mo. 157 pp,
Missing the 1 handcoloured copper frontispiece. Rebound into brown cloth.
$45.95
[3614] Hale. Flora’s Interpreter and
Fortuna Flora. Boston: Samuel F.
Nichols, 3rd Edition. 12mo. Cloth. Very Good 3rd revised edition. Boston circa
1870. Sm 8vo. 288 pages with coloured frontispiece. Cloth. Vrey good.
$65.95
[6852] Kreidolf, Ernst.
Alpenblumenmärchen. Zürich: Rotapfel
Verlag, 1966. 2nd Edition. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover.
Very Good 2. edition. Zürich 1966. Oblong 4to. 38 pages with 18 colour plates.
Boards. Flower fairy tales with Kreidolf’s animated floral drawings
$49.95
[6851] Kreidolf, Ernst. Blumen-Märchen
Blumenmärchen. Bern: Alfred Scherz,
1963. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. Hard Cover. Very Good- Bern 1963.
Oblong 4to. 34 pages with 15 colour plates. Boards. Flower poetry with
Kreidolf’s animated floral drawings.
$49.95
[4126] Phillips, Henry. Floral Emblems or
Guide to the Language of Flowers. London:
Saunders and Otley, 1831. New Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.
Cloth. Very Good New Edition. London 1831. 8vo. Xvi, 352 pages with 20
handcoloured plates. Cloth (spine rebacked). One of the earliest symbolism of
flower books in English.
$575.95
[2535] Rambosson, J.. Histoire et légendes
des plantes utiles et curieuses. Paris:
firmin didot freres, 1868. 1st Edition. Signed by Author. Paris 1868. Lg 8vo.
371 pages with 120 woodcuts in text. Half-cloth with marbled boards. Corners
bumped. Dedicated to Madame Colet by the author.
$139.95
[3333] Waterman, Catherine H.. Flora's
Lexicon. Philadelphia: Herman Hooker,
1840. sm 8vo. Cloth. Very Good an Interpretation of the Language and Sentiment
of Flowers: with an outline of Botany and a Poetical Introduction. 1st ed?
Philadelphia (Herman Hooker) 1840 (1839). Sm 8vo. 252 pp many woodcuts in text.
Dark leather. Slightly foxed. (Weight 1 pound or 500 gr)
$75.95