The Flower Garden Containing Directions of all Garden Flowers; with Selected Lists of the Most Approved Annual, Biennial and Perennial Flowering Plants
Published by . London, Wm. S. Orr and Co, 1844, .
- First Edition
- Hardcover
- Used
Seller: Horizon Books, Toronto, ON, CanadaHorizon Books
AbeBooks seller since April 18, 1998
Condition: Used
US$ 193.00
Quantity: 1 available
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12mo [18 x 12.5 cm]; iv, 515 pp, 11 fine hand-colored plates of flowers including extra hand-colored title page, hand-colored frontis , 8 other plates and plans, numerous illustrations in text, several colored plates by Baxter, index. original blind-stamped and gilt decorated cloth, gilt spine title lettering, all edges gilted, spine with large chip at upper edge, edgewear, front blank endpaper removed, interior is clean, minor foxing on few leaves, very good. An attractive and detailed work by a popular garden writer. The printed title page gives the date as 1838, the date of the first edition, while the hand colored title page gives the date as 1839, stating new edition carefully revised. Catalogue of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 196. Sitwell (Great Flower Books) p. 117. Some of the colored plates may be by Baxter but are not signed. A picture of this book is available on request.
Seller Inventory # A11848
Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Flower Garden Containing Directions of all Garden Flowers; with Selected Lists of the Most Approved Annual, Biennial and Perennial Flowering Plants
- Author
- M'INTOSH (MCINTOSH), Charles;
- Publisher
- . London, Wm. S. Orr and Co, 1844, .
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Seller catalogs
- Gardening - General
Horizon Books
Toronto, ON, Canada
AbeBooks seller since April 18, 1998
Shipping rates from Canada to U.S.A.
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We buy and sell rare, antiquarian and out-of-print books related to Travel & Exploration, Gardening and Natural History. We are always interested in purchasing libraries, collections and individual books of merit in our specialties. We have been selling books on the Internet since 1993. We also sell antique prints at our Web Site http://www.horizonbook.com/prints.html
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Horizon Books
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