The Nurseryman's Pocket Specimen Book, Colored from Nature, Fruits, Flowers, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses, &c.

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The Nurseryman's Pocket Specimen Book, Colored from Nature, Fruits, Flowers, Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Roses, &c. Rochester, New York: D.M. Dewey [Keeler & Winfield Steam Job Printers], 1876. Landscape-format octavo, title printed in red and black, two-panel full page chromolithographic plate showing "As it is: An Unpleasant Home, before patronizing the nurseryman," and "As it will be: A Pleasant Home, after patronizing the tree dealers," and approximately seventy prints in color printed through chromolithography, many hand finished, ex libris John Dixon's Nursery, Geneva, New York, with stamps on endleaves, and in their custom binding, sewing faulty, loose leaves, front board detached, 9 x 5 1/2 in.
Estimate $500-700


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