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Phantom flowers : a treatise on the art of producing skeleton leaves.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - American Imprints 1864 Phantom
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- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Handicraft.
- Leaves--Collection and preservation.
- Leaves.
- Flowers--Drying.
- Flowers.
- Genre:
- Pictorial cloth bindings (Binding) -- 1864.
- Physical Description:
- 96 p., [6] leaves of plates : ill. ; 20 cm.
- Other Title:
- Skeleton leaves and phantom flowers
- Place of Publication:
- Boston : J. E. Tilton, 1864.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- Anatomy of a leaf; green and dried leaves
- Preparing the leaves and flowers
- Bleaching the leaves and seed-vessels
- Arranging the bouquets
- Illustrated list of plants for skeletonizing
- Seed-vessels
- The wonders and uses of a leaf
- Leaf printing
- Commercial value of the art
- Preservation of flowers.
- Notes:
- Cover title: Skeleton leaves and phantom flowers.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Bound in green textured cloth with gold circle on cover containing title and leaves.
- Athenaeum copy: Ex libris: NY Mercantile Library.
- OCLC:
- 4030244
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