Our Native Trees and How to Identify Them: A Popular Study of Their Habits and Their Peculiarities / Harriet L. Keeler
Entry/Object ID
2015.7.250
Description
533 pages. Illustrations (178 from photographs and 162 from drawings).
Contents: Genera and Species -- Illustrations -- Guide to the Trees -- Descriptions of the Trees: Dicotyledones -- Descriptions of the Trees: Gymnospermae -- Form and Structure of Roots, Stems, Leaves, Flowers, Fruit -- The Tree Stem or Trunk -- Species and Genus -- Index of Latin Names -- Index of Common Names.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
Trees, 1900s
Dimensions
Height
8 in
Book Details
Author
Harriet L. Keeler
Edition
Fifth
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Place Published
City
New York
State/Province
New York
Country
United States
Continent
North America
Date Published
1900
Date Printed
1907
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding
Binding Notes
Bound in tan cloth with stunning forest design of trees stamped in grey, pale lavender and black: the trees negatively stamped in black outline, the foliage and land stamped in grey, and the sky stamped a pale lavender. Gilt titles outlined in black to spine and cover. Printed on heavy coated stock.
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Place
Continent
North America
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Notes
Note variant binding of 1927 printing with sky stamped in pink. (2015.7.249)
