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Allen, G. - The Colours of Flowers as Illustrated in the British Flora

Title: The Colours of Flowers as Illustrated in the British Flora
Description: MacMillan and Co. 1891 vi, 119 + [2, ads], 45 b/w text illus. . HB. Sm. 8vo, orig. cloth, slightly rubbed, very small puncture mark to spine. Short marginal tear to a few pages.. Nature Series. Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen (1848 1899) was a Canadian science writer and novelist, educated in England. He was a public promoter of the theory of evolution in the second half of the nineteenth century.[ Allen notes in the preface that his work on the colouration of flowers was encouraged ‘by the friendly appreciation of the late Mr. Darwin’..

Keywords: Flowers

Price: GBP 20.00 = appr. US$ 28.56 Seller: Pemberley Natural History Books
- Book number: S48071

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