The Universal Gardener and Botanist; or A General Dictionary of Gardening and Botany, Exibiting in Botanical Arrangement, according to the Linnaean System every Tree, Shrub and Herbaceous Plant, that merit Culture either for Use, Ornament.

Mawe, Thomas & Abercrombie, John

Published by G Robinson and T Cadell, United Kingdom, 1778

About this Item

leather bound, thick quarto, title continues 'or Curiosity, in every Department of the Garden. together with Practical Directions for Performing the various Mechanical Operations of Gardening in General' ; contemporary calf binding skilfully repaired & polished with original backstrip carefully laid down over new calf, red morocco title. Some minor creasing and browning of the first few laves but a very good copy, tightly bound & with an unmarked double column text, unpaginated, Mawe, Head Gardener to the Duke of Leeds, and Abercrombie a noted Scottish horticulturist and author of Every Man His Own Gardener. A heavy volume which may, if ordered from certain locations outside the United Kingdom attract a request for additional postage.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Universal Gardener and Botanist; or A General Dictionary of Gardening and Botany, Exibiting in Botanical Arrangement, according to the Linnaean System every Tree, Shrub and Herbaceous Plant, that merit Culture either for Use, Ornament.
• Publisher: G Robinson and T Cadell, United Kingdom
• Publication Date: 1778
• Language: English
• Binding: hardback
• Condition: Very Good
• Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket