Description: Garden Spice and Wild Pot-Herbs bu Walter Conrad Muenscher, and Myron Arthur Rice with Illustrations Cut on Wood by Elfriede Abbe, 1954 # 58 of 90 copies printed by Elfriede Abbe at Cornell University in Ithaca, New York. Blue paper boards, quarter leather with gilt on cover and spine. Hand printed on hand-made Japanese Kochi Paper. Deckle edges. Elfriede Martha Abbe (1919-2012) was an American sculptor, wood engraver and botanical illustrator who self-published nineteen books featuring her hand carved woodcuts and printed on unusual and beautiful paper. Abbe worked as an illustrator for Cornell until her retirement in 1974 when she moved her home, studio and printing press to Manchester Center, Vermont. Her sculpture "The Hunter" was one of the trademark images of the 1939 New York World?s Fair, created while she was a student at the Cornell College of Architecture. Walter Conrad Muenscher (1891-1963) was Professor of Botany at Cornell UniversityMyron Arthur Rice was listed as a "Horticultural Authority" 12" X 9" X 2" 211 pages I have several other Elfriede Abbe books listed. Contact me if you would like to know more.
Price: 400 USD
Location: Burlington, Vermont
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All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Year Printed: 1955
Modified Item: No
Topic: Field Guides
Binding: Hardcover
Illustrator: Elfriede Abbe
Author: Walter Conrad Muenscher, Myron Arthur Rice
Subject: Art & Photography
Original/Facsimile: Original
Language: English
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Place of Publication: Ithaca, New York
Special Attributes: Vermont, 1st Edition, Illustrated, Limited Edition, Numbered
