NATURE PRINTING -- Henry SMITH Specimens of Nature Printing from Unprepared Plants, etc., etc. Madras: H. Smith 1857. 2° (502 x 320mm). Letterpress title in black. 100 nature-printed plates, 98 of plants, 2 of snakes, 80 printed in black, 20 printed in green, 50 with mounted letterpress title labels. Contemporary light brown half calf, yellow paper label on upper cover (scuffed, joints slightly split). VERY RARE. In the present copy, 81 of the plates are near mirror-image pairs, bound facing each other, and apparently printed from the upper and lower surface of the same specimen. Cf. Ernst Fischer 'Zweihundert Jahre Naturserlbstdruck', Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 1933, 100 (the 'de luxe' issue); Stafleu & Cowan V, 12.208 (calling for 99 plates, but with no mention of the dedication).
NATURE PRINTING -- Henry SMITH Specimens of Nature Printing from Unprepared Plants, etc., etc. Madras: H. Smith 1857. 2° (502 x 320mm). Letterpress title in black. 100 nature-printed plates, 98 of plants, 2 of snakes, 80 printed in black, 20 printed in green, 50 with mounted letterpress title labels. Contemporary light brown half calf, yellow paper label on upper cover (scuffed, joints slightly split). VERY RARE. In the present copy, 81 of the plates are near mirror-image pairs, bound facing each other, and apparently printed from the upper and lower surface of the same specimen. Cf. Ernst Fischer 'Zweihundert Jahre Naturserlbstdruck', Gutenberg-Jahrbuch 1933, 100 (the 'de luxe' issue); Stafleu & Cowan V, 12.208 (calling for 99 plates, but with no mention of the dedication).
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