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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CIVIC ART. -
DICTIONNAIRE HISTORIQUE ET ARTISTIQUE DE LA ROSE. -
COLO. BEAUTIES (cover title). -
CATALOGUE OF CAST-IRON GARDEN VASES, -
ARBRES FRUITIERS, ARBRES D'ORNEMENT, ARBUSTES ET ROSIERS -
AN ALBUM OF SEED PACKET LABEL ILLUSTRATIONS. -
AN ALBUM OF SEED PACKET LABEL ILLUSTRATIONS. -
CIVIC ART. -
40 AGRICULTURAL COTTAGES IN CORNWALL. -
ESSAI SUR LES JARDINS. -
CIVIC ART. -
FIGURES POUR L'ALMANACH DU BON JARDINIER, -
DER FRÜHLINGS-UND SOMMERGÄRTNER ODER ANWEISUNG, JEDE ART VON BLUMEN, -
ARBRES FRUITIERS, ARBRES D'ORNEMENT, ARBUSTES ET ROSIERS -
A NEW SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURE. -
CATALOGUE OF CAST-IRON GARDEN VASES, -
CIVIC ART. -
FIGURES POUR L'ALMANACH DU BON JARDINIER, -
AN ALBUM OF SEED PACKET LABEL ILLUSTRATIONS. -
DER FRÜHLINGS-UND SOMMERGÄRTNER ODER ANWEISUNG, JEDE ART VON BLUMEN, -
A NEW SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURE. -
CATALOGUE OF PATENT TERRA COTTA ENAMELED VASES. -
ARBRES FRUITIERS, ARBRES D'ORNEMENT, ARBUSTES ET ROSIERS -
EXQUISITE PRESENTATION ALBUM WITH TEN DELICATE CUT PAPER FLOWER DESIGNS. -
COURONNE DE FLORE -
A NEW SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURE. -
COLO. BEAUTIES (cover title). -
A PHILOSOPHICAL TREATISE OF HUSBANDRY AND GARDENING: -
CHROMOLITHOGRAPHED TRADE CARD “BOOKLET” -
AN ALBUM OF SEED PACKET LABEL ILLUSTRATIONS. -
CHROMOLITHOGRAPHED TRADE CARD “BOOKLET” -
A GARDEN IN VENICE. -
AN UNUSUAL VIEW OF “CLAIES” COVERING A GLASSHOUSE. -
COURONNE DE FLORE -
AN ALBUM OF SEED PACKET LABEL ILLUSTRATIONS. -
DE LA COMPOSITION DES PARCS ET JARDINS PITTORESQUES, -
A PHILOSOPHICAL TREATISE OF HUSBANDRY AND GARDENING: -
EXQUISITE PRESENTATION ALBUM WITH TEN DELICATE CUT PAPER FLOWER DESIGNS. -
CATALOGUE OF CAST-IRON GARDEN VASES, -
A PHILOSOPHICAL TREATISE OF HUSBANDRY AND GARDENING: -
ESSAI SUR LES JARDINS. -
CHROMOLITHOGRAPHED TRADE CARD “BOOKLET” -
A GARDEN IN VENICE. -
A GARDEN IN VENICE. -
COURONNE DE FLORE -
CATALOGUE OF CAST-IRON GARDEN VASES, -
AN ALBUM OF SEED PACKET LABEL ILLUSTRATIONS. -
ETCHING. "View Of The Grotto Of Pan And Fame." -
DER FRÜHLINGS-UND SOMMERGÄRTNER ODER ANWEISUNG, JEDE ART VON BLUMEN,