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Livres anciens et modernes

Robinson, W.

Alpine Flowers for English Gardens

1870

140,06 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1870
Lieu d'édition
London. John Murray
Auteur
Robinson, W.
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Gardening - General Botany
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

12mo [20.5 x 13.5 cm]; xviii, 392, 32 [publisher's catalogue dated November 1869] pp, frontis, 75 illus, index. original blue cloth with gilt decorations and title lettering on front cover and spine, edges including spine ends are frayed, joint worn, hinge cracked but firm, bookplate of Theodore H. Rowntree on endpaper, good copy. A picture of this book is availabl 'In Alpine Flowers, his principles of good alpine gardening, in natural conditions in a properly constructed rock garden, preceded Reginald Farrer by thirty-seven years' (Mea Allen in William Robinson). Robinson was the most important garden writer of his period, this being his third book. He describes his journey observing plants and gardens in a 70 page section called A Little Tour in the Alps. He includes lists of plants for different conditions, and describes numerous species throughout the book.