COLO. BEAUTIES (cover title).
(Colorado): n.d. ( ca. 1900 ). A very well preserved souvenir album of collected Colorado wild flowers bound in a hand-painted, ribbon-tied binding. Below each of the twelve preserved specimens the plant’s popular name, botanical name and a reference (Torrey, Gray, etc) are hand-written in pen. We have seen similar, though not identical bindings for botanical collecting in Colorado, suggesting that these (blank) notebooks were available to tourists hiking the fields, meadows, etc. 19.2 x 10.7 cm; 12 leaves of heavy stock with mounted natural specimens and hand-written identifications on rectos only.
Original hand-painted dark boards with ribbon ties, ties gently frayed, but intact; all edges gauffered and gilt; leaves with specimens fresh and clean, with only the occasional small segment of a specimen lacking.
Other items of possible interest…
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AN UNUSUAL VIEW OF “CLAIES” COVERING A GLASSHOUSE. -
DER FRÜHLINGS-UND SOMMERGÄRTNER ODER ANWEISUNG, JEDE ART VON BLUMEN, -
AN ALBUM OF SEED PACKET LABEL ILLUSTRATIONS. -
COURONNE DE FLORE -
CHROMOLITHOGRAPHED TRADE CARD “BOOKLET” -
FIGURES POUR L'ALMANACH DU BON JARDINIER, -
CIVIC ART. -
ARBRES FRUITIERS, ARBRES D'ORNEMENT, ARBUSTES ET ROSIERS -
DER FRÜHLINGS-UND SOMMERGÄRTNER ODER ANWEISUNG, JEDE ART VON BLUMEN, -
CATALOGUE OF CAST-IRON GARDEN VASES, -
EXQUISITE PRESENTATION ALBUM WITH TEN DELICATE CUT PAPER FLOWER DESIGNS. -
DER FRÜHLINGS-UND SOMMERGÄRTNER ODER ANWEISUNG, JEDE ART VON BLUMEN, -
AN ALBUM OF SEED PACKET LABEL ILLUSTRATIONS. -
COLO. BEAUTIES (cover title). -
CATALOGUE OF CAST-IRON GARDEN VASES, -
A PHILOSOPHICAL TREATISE OF HUSBANDRY AND GARDENING: -
AN ALBUM OF SEED PACKET LABEL ILLUSTRATIONS. -
CIVIC ART. -
AN ALBUM OF SEED PACKET LABEL ILLUSTRATIONS. -
ESSAI SUR LES JARDINS. -
COURONNE DE FLORE -
A GARDEN IN VENICE. -
A NEW SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURE. -
A PHILOSOPHICAL TREATISE OF HUSBANDRY AND GARDENING: -
AN ALBUM OF SEED PACKET LABEL ILLUSTRATIONS. -
CHROMOLITHOGRAPHED TRADE CARD “BOOKLET” -
FIGURES POUR L'ALMANACH DU BON JARDINIER, -
DICTIONNAIRE HISTORIQUE ET ARTISTIQUE DE LA ROSE. -
ARBRES FRUITIERS, ARBRES D'ORNEMENT, ARBUSTES ET ROSIERS -
AN ALBUM OF SEED PACKET LABEL ILLUSTRATIONS. -
A GARDEN IN VENICE. -
COURONNE DE FLORE -
CATALOGUE OF PATENT TERRA COTTA ENAMELED VASES. -
CIVIC ART. -
CATALOGUE OF CAST-IRON GARDEN VASES, -
A NEW SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURE. -
DE LA COMPOSITION DES PARCS ET JARDINS PITTORESQUES, -
ESSAI SUR LES JARDINS. -
CHROMOLITHOGRAPHED TRADE CARD “BOOKLET” -
EXQUISITE PRESENTATION ALBUM WITH TEN DELICATE CUT PAPER FLOWER DESIGNS. -
ETCHING. "View Of The Grotto Of Pan And Fame." -
40 AGRICULTURAL COTTAGES IN CORNWALL. -
COLO. BEAUTIES (cover title). -
ARBRES FRUITIERS, ARBRES D'ORNEMENT, ARBUSTES ET ROSIERS -
A PHILOSOPHICAL TREATISE OF HUSBANDRY AND GARDENING: -
A NEW SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURE. -
CATALOGUE OF CAST-IRON GARDEN VASES, -
CIVIC ART. -
A GARDEN IN VENICE.

