10-30-201610-30-2016
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2950BBoston
October 30, 2016 11:00 AMCalender
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The Specimen Book of Fruits, Flowers, and Ornamental Trees. Carefully Drawn and Colored from Nature for the Use of Nurserymen.

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Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2950BLocation: BostonDate / Time: October 30, 2016 11:00AM

Description:

The Specimen Book of Fruits, Flowers, and Ornamental Trees. Carefully Drawn and Colored from Nature for the Use of Nurserymen. Rochester: M. Brunswick & Co., [c. 1870]. Oblong octavo, full-color title and approximately ninety-one color plates of fruits, trees, and flowers, in publisher's flexible morocco boards, printed by use by McCabe Brothers, of North Bangor, Maine, with the same tooled in gilt on the front board, 8 1/2 x 5 1/2 in.
Estimate $300-500


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North Bangor, Rochester