This antique book from 1862 by William Rhind is an excellent addition to any collector's library. With hundreds of engravings, the pages come alive with the history of the vegetable kingdom, covering topics such as plants, their uses, and their significance. The book is bound in leather/hardcover and written in English. The publisher is Blackie and Son, making it a rare and valuable find. This piece of history is perfect for those interested in the subject of plants of all kinds.

1862 History Of The Vegetable Kingdom /WIlliam Rhind /Hundreds Of Engravings #2

Size 6.75” x 10” Nice leather front with some imperfections minor foxing being 160+ year old book.

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William Rhind (1797–1874)

His magnum opus was his 711-page A History of the Vegetable Kingdom, which appeared in about 1841 and went through eight later editions up to 1877 Written for both the general reader and the systematic student of botany, it embraced “the physiology, classification and culture of plants [both living and fossil], with their various uses to man and the lower animals, and their application in the arts, manufactures, and domestic economy.”

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