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Livres anciens et modernes

Gosse, P. H. [Published Anonymously]

Wanderings Through the Conservatories of Kew

1856

218,08 €

Horizon Books

(Toronto, Canada)

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Détails

Année
1856
Lieu d'édition
London. A. P. C. K.
Auteur
Gosse, P. H. [Published Anonymously]
Edition
First edition.
Thème
Gardening - General Botany greenhouse
Langues
Anglais
Premiére Edition
Oui

Description

12mo [17 x 11 cm]; vii, 296 pp, 65 wood engraved illustrations, plus extra-illustrated by previous owner including engraved plates on endpaper (Kew Bridge; The Old Palace, Kew), plates of blow-guns illustrating text, etc. original blind-stamped cloth, gilt spine title lettering and decorations, spine ends a little worn, very good+, no ownership marks, compete and with the additional illustrations making this copy unique. A picture of this book is available upon request by One of the scarcer books by this famous naturalist. Freeman-Wertheimer 72: 'A guide to the glasshouses of the Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew, Surrey, taken one at a time in a straight-forward manner. Some of the illustrations were drawn from daguerreotypes, apparently the only occasion on which he used this method. Gosse implies that he used the apparatus himself. One woodcut contains Whimper's signature'. The illustrations are detailed and attractive, and include buildings, structures, such as the water tower, the pagoda, etc, and plants, such as orchids, palms, etc.