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Livres anciens et modernes

Farrer, Reginald

The Rock Garden

1912

40,42 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1912
Lieu d'édition
London. T. C. & E. C. Jack
Auteur
Farrer, Reginald
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Gardening - General
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

8vo [21 x 16 cm]; xi, 118 pp, 8 color plates including frontis, other illustrations from drwgs, index. original boards with mounted color plate on front cover as issued, lightly foxed, light wear, very good copy. A picture of this book is available upon request by email. After a short description of the history and building the rock garden, the author describes the alpine plants that are suitable in this type of garden. The preface is by J. Bretland Farmer. The author later went on to publish the famous English Rock Garden, still a standard work, as well as a number of books on plant collecting. "Few writers have been so nimble with epithets and imagery to describe plants, or conveyed such infectious enthusiasm". (Hugh Johnson)
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