(HOWARD, Mary Matilda)   WILD FLOWERS AND THEIR TEACHINGS         Bath: Binns and Goodwin,   1845.          First edition thus. With 36 full page plates of beautifully prepared dried wild flower specimens, each arranged within printed borders with printed captions giving proper nomenclature, name signification, time of bloom and habitat. The text is a Victorian anthology of poems and passages devoted to nature and flowers and is indexed by author and by plant. A concluding page contains "Directions for drying plants." and offers an apology to readers if all the dried specimens in the book are not in the highest order. This copy, however, offers specimens in very good condition - only one lacks a portion of a leaf, but this does not detract from the appeal of the image.   12mo (19.2 x 12 cm); ix + (i) + 92 pp. + (iv) pp. ads + 36 inserted leaves with dried botanical specimens + 1 plate letterpress.            Original blind and gilt stamped cloth with gilt title on upper cover and spine, slight wear to head of spine and corners, contemporary inscription on half title; one dried specimen lacking a portion of a leaf; a very good, fresh copy. $400.00

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