A presentation copy of this first edition work on plants by painter and author Cuthbert Cartwright Grundy.
The very scarce first edition of the work.
A presentation copy, inscribed by the author to the front free endpaper, 'with the author's compliments'.
In publisher's original cloth binding.
Written by Cuthbert Cartwright Grundy, a painter of landscapes and figure studies as well as author of works on chemistry and plant life, showed at leading London galleries.
A work on plants, including sections on the imbibition of nutrients, growth, the ash, and the volatile constitution of vegetable matter.
In publisher's original cloth binding.
Externally, generally smart.
Fading and marks to boards.
Bumping to extremities.
Fading to spine, with bumping to the head and tail.
Author's ink inscription to the front free endpaper, with slight damp stain to the tail of the page.
Internally, firmly bound.
Pages are bright and clean, with very light spotting to the front and rear.
Good