North American wild flowers
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- Publication date
- 1925
- Topics
- Pictorial works, Wild flowers, Botany
- Publisher
- Washington, D.C. : Smithsonian Institution
- Collection
- biodiversity
- Contributor
- Smithsonian Libraries
- Language
- English
- Volume
- v.3 (1925)
statement of responsibility: by Mary Vaux Walcott
Quarto-sized edition, sometimes also referred to as the "Library edition."
Issued in 5 dark gray linen portfolio volumes with linen ties
Each volume contains half-title and title leaves, table of contents (description of plates), and 80 loose plates of color-printed illustrations
"Text only for volume 1 reprinted 1950"--v. 1, t.p. verso
Edition statement taken from the Prospectus, as described in the Harvard University Library online catalog record for this edition
"This [Library] edition was printed by the same special process, from the same plates, and on the same kind of all-rag paper as the De Luxe edition, but with less margin on the sheets, which measure 9 1/4 x 12 1/4. The Library edition is bound in substantial linen-covered portfolios, stamped in gold"--P. [2] of Prospectus
The illustrations, many dated 1925, are reproductions of watercolor drawings by the author
Also issued in a folio-sized limited, numbered edition with title pages dated 1925
Volume 1 contains plates numbered 1-77, 24a, 31a, and 56a (for a total of 80 plates); v. 2 contains plates 81-160; v. 3 contains plates 161-240; v. 4 contains plates 241-320; and v. 5 contains plates 321-400
An index to all plates is included in v. 5
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SCNHRB copy (v. 1, 39088016711384; v. 2, ... 426; v. 3, ...467; v. 4, ... 509; v. 5, ... 541) is complete with all numbered plates present. An extra copy of plate 181 is laid in v. 3
SCNHRB copy lacks the prospectus for the set
SCNHRB copy has stamp on t.p.'s: Smithsonian Libraries, Jun. 24, 1985
SCNHRB copy has the publisher's blue cloth portfolios with gilt-stamped covers and spines, and blue ribbon ties. The text (table of contents) portion for each volume is bound in ivory paper with gilt-stamped Smithsonian seal on front cover
Quarto-sized edition, sometimes also referred to as the "Library edition."
Issued in 5 dark gray linen portfolio volumes with linen ties
Each volume contains half-title and title leaves, table of contents (description of plates), and 80 loose plates of color-printed illustrations
"Text only for volume 1 reprinted 1950"--v. 1, t.p. verso
Edition statement taken from the Prospectus, as described in the Harvard University Library online catalog record for this edition
"This [Library] edition was printed by the same special process, from the same plates, and on the same kind of all-rag paper as the De Luxe edition, but with less margin on the sheets, which measure 9 1/4 x 12 1/4. The Library edition is bound in substantial linen-covered portfolios, stamped in gold"--P. [2] of Prospectus
The illustrations, many dated 1925, are reproductions of watercolor drawings by the author
Also issued in a folio-sized limited, numbered edition with title pages dated 1925
Volume 1 contains plates numbered 1-77, 24a, 31a, and 56a (for a total of 80 plates); v. 2 contains plates 81-160; v. 3 contains plates 161-240; v. 4 contains plates 241-320; and v. 5 contains plates 321-400
An index to all plates is included in v. 5
action: extracted picklist 20081216 BHLEX
extracted picklist
SCNHRB copy (v. 1, 39088016711384; v. 2, ... 426; v. 3, ...467; v. 4, ... 509; v. 5, ... 541) is complete with all numbered plates present. An extra copy of plate 181 is laid in v. 3
SCNHRB copy lacks the prospectus for the set
SCNHRB copy has stamp on t.p.'s: Smithsonian Libraries, Jun. 24, 1985
SCNHRB copy has the publisher's blue cloth portfolios with gilt-stamped covers and spines, and blue ribbon ties. The text (table of contents) portion for each volume is bound in ivory paper with gilt-stamped Smithsonian seal on front cover
Notes
Contains two plates 181.
- Addeddate
- 2013-09-10 07:54:02
- Call number
- 39088016711467
- Call-number
- 39088016711467
- Foldoutcount
- 0
- Identifier
- NorthAmericanwiIIIWalc
- Identifier-ark
- ark:/13960/t0ht4h93x
- Identifier-bib
- 39088016711467
- Ocr
- tesseract 5.0.0-1-g862e
- Ocr_detected_lang
- en
- Ocr_detected_lang_conf
- 1.0000
- Ocr_detected_script
- Latin
- Ocr_detected_script_conf
- 0.9380
- Ocr_module_version
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- Ocr_parameters
- -l eng
- Page_number_confidence
- 29.81
- Pages
- 268
- Pdf_module_version
- 0.0.18
- Possible copyright status
- Public domain. The BHL considers that this work is no longer under copyright protection.
- Ppi
- 450
- Year
- 1925
- Full catalog record
- MARCXML
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