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Maddock, James

The Florist's Directory, a Treatise on the Culture of Flowers, to Which is Added a Supplementary Dissertation on Soils, Manures, etc; a new edition improved by Samuel Curtis

1810

240,64 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canadá)

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Año de publicación
1810
Lugar de impresión
London. John Harding
Autor
Maddock, James
Materia
Gardening - General Color Plate & Fine Illus
Idiomas
Inlgés

Descripción

8vo [23.5 x 14 cm]; viii, 271, [ix, description of plates] pp, 8 hand-colored plates with descriptive leaves. contemporary full morocco, gilt border on covers, gilt spine title lettering and decorations, joint with short crack but firm, marbled endpapers & edges, bookplate on endpaper, lightly foxed on few margins, interior is quite clean, near fine. A picture of BMNH 1296. Henry II, p. 393, describes this book as the best book on florist's flowers until Hogg's work. Cleveland Herbal and Botanical Collection 859 lists the 1822 edition. The first edition of 1792 had only 6 plates. The fine plates include flowers, vegetables and gardening equipment.

Edizione: second edition; a new edition, improved.