AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF GARDENING; COMPRISING THE THEORY AND PRACTISE OF HORTICULTURE, FLORICULTURE, ARBORICULTURE, AND LANDSCAPE-GARDENING, INCLUDING ALL THE LATEST IMPROVEMENTS; A GENERAL HISTORY OF GARDENING IN ALL COUNTRIES; AND A STATISTICAL VIEW OF ITS PRESENT STATE; WITH SUGGESTIONS FOR ITS FUTURE PROGRESS, IN THE BRITISH ISLES.

1835, London, printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman, new edition, ppxl + 1270 + (i), black and white engravings, full calf, gilt lettering and decoration. John Claudius Loudon (1783-1843), Scottish botanist, garden designer and writer, who shaped modern landscape design, and published many works on garden design, architecture and trees. This is a heavy book and will incur extra postage. Rear hinge cracked but holding, small hole in spine, otherwise very good.