Sir John Lubbock — A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings

London , Kegan Paul, Trench, Trubner & Co. 1892. First edition. Cloth. A smart two volume set on the germination of seedlings, extensively illustrated throughout. A two volume set of John Lubbock's A Contribution to Our Knowledge of Seedlings where Lubbock considers the germination of plants that had not received the attention it deserved at the time of writing.The volumes have 684 figures within the text. John Lubbock was an English Liberal politician, philanthropist, scientist and polymath and made serveral significant contributions in archaeology and biology. In the publisher's original cloth binding. There is some fading and bumping to the spines and some marks to the boards especially the rear board of volume two. Rear hinge of volume one is starting. Internally, firmly bound with bright and clean pages. Very Good . Ill.: not stated. Very Good .