THE HORTICULTURIST, AND JOURNAL OF RURAL ART AND RURAL TASTE. DEVOTED TO HORTICULTURE, LANDSCAPE GARDENING, RURAL ARCHITECTURE, BOTANY, POMOLOGY, ENTOMOLOGY, RURAL ECONOMY, ETC. Volume VII, January-December 1857

Published by Robert Pearsall Smith, Philadelphia, 1857

About this Item

Tall, thick octavo, three-quarter leather binding with five raised bands on the spine, marbled paper-covered boards. 580+(2) pages, illustrated with a number of full page plates including 12 chromolithographs of either fruit or flowers each with tissue guards, steel engravings and woodcuts as well. Good plus condition, light corner wear and occasional scuffing to the leather. A tight copy with no owner names, light foxing to the title page but the pages generally quite clean. I t is apparently unusual to find this periodical with color plates. Please see the accompanying photos.

Seller Inventory # 023351

Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE HORTICULTURIST, AND JOURNAL OF RURAL ART AND RURAL TASTE. DEVOTED TO HORTICULTURE, LANDSCAPE GARDENING, RURAL ARCHITECTURE, BOTANY, POMOLOGY, ENTOMOLOGY, RURAL ECONOMY, ETC. Volume VII, January-December 1857
• Publisher: Robert Pearsall Smith, Philadelphia
• Publication Date: 1857
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Fruit
  • Horticulture
  • Flowers