Henry Emery - La vie végétale histoire des plantes a l'usage des gens du monde - 1878

Captivating illustrated edition of 420 beautiful wood engravings in-text and out-of-text and 10 chromolithography plates -

Professor of botany at the Faculty of Sciences of Dijon, the author offers a broad exploration of the plant kingdom, from the internal organization of plants to their external forms, their modes of development and their relations with their environment -

The work first focuses on the constitution of plants, their various parts and the functions they fulfill, examining in particular roots, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and seeds -

This approach helps to understand how plants feed, breathe, grow, reproduce and ensure the perpetuation of their species -

Henry Emery - The Plant Life, History of Plants for the Use of People of the World - 1878 - Librairie Hachette et Cie -
IV-807 Pages.

Good condition of the binding, the work in its full red card binding adorned by the publisher, wear from use, some minor defects on the cover, spine worn, speckled edges, smooth spine adorned, title and author’s name gilded, front board superbly illustrated with black and gold motifs and titled -

Good interior condition, some stains, title page printed in red and black and adorned with a beautiful vignette, work enriched with 420 beautiful wood engravings in and out of text and 10 chromolithography plates, endpapers in decent condition, pleasant copy -

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