Sun-Dials and Roses of Yesterday. Garden Delights which are here displayed in very truth and are moreover regarded as emblems.

Earle, Alice Morse.

Published by 1st. Ed. Pub. Macmillan & Co. 1902

About this Item

pp.xxiii, 461 with b/w. photos. and illus. throughout. 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Contents fine. Some sections uncut. Original decorated boards with gilt lettering exceptional and in fine condition. A very pleasing copy. This work begins with a detailed treatise on all aspects of sun-dials, from classification, through construction, to the setting of sun-dials; followed by what are essentially a series of essays, on Roses and the theme of the Rose as an emblem, including a chapter on the Rosicrucians, a mysterious sect that arose in Europe in the 17th Century.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Sun-Dials and Roses of Yesterday. Garden Delights which are here displayed in very truth and are moreover regarded as emblems.
• Publisher: 1st. Ed. Pub. Macmillan & Co. 1902
• Binding: Hardcover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Gardening Monographs