Allman, T. (Pub.). The Botanical Keepsake. An Arrangement of British Plants. Pub. T. Allman. 1846
pp.viii, 233 with 28 hand-coloured plates. Small 8vo. Hardback. AEG. Charming dedication, dated 1857, to ffep. Light spotting to endpapers and occ. internally o/w. contents nr. fine. A little spine lean. Original cloth binding with gilt decoration in vg. condition with some marks and bumping to extremities. Scarce.
Charming. Intended as an introduction to botany and the text is presented as a dialogue between the teacher (Miss H.) and her pupils (Sophia and Mary). The flowers in the plates were drawn from nature.
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