Die Naturlichen Pflanzenfamilien IV. Teil by A. Engler
1897. No edition remarks. Unpaginated. No dust jacket. Quarter bound brown leather with brown cloth boards and gilt. Decorated end-papers and text-block edges. Contains monochromatic photographic plates and in text illustrations. Part IV, contains sub sections IV and V, separately paginated. Pages have mild tanning and foxing throughout, moderate at end-papers, paste-downs and text-block edges. Binding remains firm. Rebound. Boards have heavy edge-wear with bumping to corners, crushing to spine ends and rub wear all over. Loss to leather. Mild crushing to spine ends. Book has a slight forward lean. Gilt lettering is darkened. Splitting to bottom of front spine joint.