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<dl><dd>statement of responsibility: by Mary Vaux Walcott</dd>
<dd>Quarto-sized edition, sometimes also referred to as the "Library edition."</dd>
<dd>Issued in 5 dark gray linen portfolio volumes with linen ties</dd>
<dd>Each volume contains half-title and title leaves, table of contents (description of plates), and 80 loose plates of color-printed illustrations</dd>
<dd>"Text only for volume 1 reprinted 1950"--v. 1, t.p. verso</dd>
<dd>Edition statement taken from the Prospectus, as described in the Harvard University Library online catalog record for this edition</dd>
<dd>"This [Library] edition was printed by the same special process, from the same plates, and on the same kind of all-rag paper as the De Luxe edition, but with less margin on the sheets, which measure 9 1/4 x 12 1/4. The Library edition is bound in substantial linen-covered portfolios, stamped in gold"--P. [2] of Prospectus</dd>
<dd>The illustrations, many dated 1925, are reproductions of watercolor drawings by the author</dd>
<dd>Also issued in a folio-sized limited, numbered edition with title pages dated 1925</dd>
<dd>Volume 1 contains plates numbered 1-77, 24a, 31a, and 56a (for a total of 80 plates); v. 2 contains plates 81-160; v. 3 contains plates 161-240; v. 4 contains plates 241-320; and v. 5 contains plates 321-400</dd>
<dd>An index to all plates is included in v. 5</dd>
<dd>action: extracted picklist 20081216 BHLEX</dd>
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<dd>SCNHRB copy (v. 1, 39088016711384; v. 2, ... 426; v. 3, ...467; v. 4, ... 509; v. 5, ... 541) is complete with all numbered plates present. An extra copy of plate 181 is laid in v. 3</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB copy lacks the prospectus for the set</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB copy has stamp on t.p.'s: Smithsonian Libraries, Jun. 24, 1985</dd>
<dd>SCNHRB copy has the publisher's blue cloth portfolios with gilt-stamped covers and spines, and blue ribbon ties. The text (table of contents) portion for each volume is bound in ivory paper with gilt-stamped Smithsonian seal on front cover</dd></dl><br>Subjects: Pictorial works; Wild flowers; Botany</div>
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Walcott, Mary Vaux, 1860-1940</div>
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