Canadian Wild Flowers by Catherine Parr Traill 1972

Condition: Very Good+   The hardcover sleeve has minimal shelf wear. The inside pages have no writing, tears or stains.  Appears unread.  An exceptional rare vintage book.

"AA hidden treasure of a resource on wildflowers native to Canada. The hand-drawn illustrations are stunning and the information on the flowers is written creatively and with a storytelling element." reader review

Traill's Canadian Wild Flowers is the earliest Canadian botanical   book with coloured plates to be written, printed and lithographed entirely in Canada.  This book is a facsimile reprint of the original book published in 1868 by John Lovell.   Painted and lithographed by Agnes Fitzgibbon and botanical descriptions by C.P. Traill.