Yale Center for British Art

Title:
Trees and their uses.
Published / Created:
London : Dean and Son, Lith., Threadneedle St., [1850?].
Physical Description:
[4] pt.. : chiefly ill. ; 21 cm. x 30 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
NC810 .T74 1850+ Oversize
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection

Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Four uncolored leaves in each part. 5 illustrations on each leaf. Each leaf contains an illustration of a different type of tree and 4 illustrations of objects that are made from that particular type of wood.

Cover title. Price: "4 nos. 8d. each". Only No. 3 appears on one of the parts. Other 3 parts are not numbered.

BAC: Bound in original brown printed wrappers. Wrapper for each part reproduces a different one of the original plates.

Dean and Son were working at this address from 1847-1854. Cf. Brown.

Brown, Philip A. H. London publishers and printers. London : British Library, 1882, p. 55
Subject Terms:
Trees in art. | Botanical illustration. | Landscape drawing. | Drawing books -- Specimens. | Dean and Son -- Publisher. | Lithography -- Specimens -- [1850?].