24 chromolithographed plate illustration of wildflowers.
[Pocket Flora of the Alpine Hiker] Title on cover: "Alpen-Flora"
Indexes of floral names in Latin, German, French and English.
Collection
Kathleen V. Roberts Collection of Decorated Publishers' Bindings
Lexicon
Search Terms
Nature, Flowers, 1900s
Dimensions
Height
8-1/4 in
Width
5-1/4 in
Book Details
Author
Carl Schroter
Illustrator
Ludwig Schröter
Edition
Seventh
Publisher
Raustein
Place Published
City
Zurich
Country
Switzerland
Continent
Europe
Date Published
1902
Binding
Binding Type
Publisher's Binding
Binding Notes
Bound in green cloth with gilt titles to spine. Stamped design to front cover depicting array of alpine flowers below a circle of snow-covered mountains against a blue sky. Floral decorated endpapers.
Lithographed by Werner and Winter, Frankfurt. Later editions issued with dust jackets, but without the decorated cover and the chromolithographed plates.
