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HORTICULTURE - Stecher Litho. Co. Nursery trade c

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Rochester: c. 1890. Oblong 8vo (132 x 220 mm). 59 chromolithographed plates, some finished by hand, some with overslips correcting text. Contemporary morocco, upper cover stamped in gilt with the name of the nursery. Condition: some soiling and staining, most plates clean; binding rebacked to style. Provenance: C. W. Stuart & Co., Newark N. Y. (name in gilt on the upper cover). A nice example of a Stecher catalogue. "Selections of these plates were used as illustrated catalogues by travelling salesmen who peddled the stock of the nurseries they represented" (Raphael). For similar catalogues see Raphael, An Oak Spring Pomona 64 (for an 1866 catalogue); Reese, Stamped with a National Character 72.

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