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Livres anciens et modernes

Hogg, Thomas

A Concise and Practical Treatise on the Culture of the Carnation, Pink, Auricula, Polyanthus, Ranunculus, Tulip, Hyacinth, Rose & other flowers including a dissertation on soils and manures, and catalogues of the most esteemed varieties of each flower

1839

195,52 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1839
Lieu d'édition
London. Whittaker, Treacher and Co.
Auteur
Hogg, Thomas
Thème
Gardening - General
Langues
Anglais

Description

12mo [19 x 11.5 cm]; xxxi, [iii], 275, [4, publisher's ads] pp, 6 fine hand colored lithographed plates including frontis, each with tissue guard. original blind-stamped cloth, rebacked with new cloth spine preserving the original label with gilt title lettering & covers, internal hinges cracked but firm, endpaper bookplate of Henry Hofheimner, overall very good, interior clean & near fine. A pictur Massachusetts Horticultural Society Catalogue p. 144. Cleveland Collection 858: 'this replaced James Maddock's The Florist's Directory as the best English work on florist's flowers'. The attractive color plates include tulip, Tuscan rose, carnation, polyanthus, auricula, yellow picote. There are lists of varieties of each flower dealt with.

Edizione: sixth edition, with additions.