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1786018124John Nichols; London. 1786. First impression. . Hard. Good. 4to. 11 1/2". Good. Contemporaneous papered binding; worn paper covering to spine missing exposing bands and quires. Lightly toned throughout. Uncut pages. A good solid copy. 1391pp. <br/> <br/> John Nichols; London. unknown
1783020924Horace's Head in Fleet Street London: B. White 1783. Octavo pp xvi 379 i 14 slightly age-toned pages 130 - 145 have a light waterstain but generally extremelyclean and tight internally with the armorial book plate of Edward Duke on the front endpaper contemporary half calf and marbled boards later re-backed with new leather spine the binding eubbed and age-toned but still quite firm. A pleasing copy. The title page also lists the sunject headings - "ranged under Eleven General Heads Viz. Esculent 1 Roots 2 Shoots Stalks etc. 3. Leaves 4 Flowers 5 Berries 6 Stone-fruit 7 Apples 8 Legumens 9 Grain 10 Nuts 11 Funguses.". Blanche Henrey 528. An early work to embrace Linnean nomenclature. Half-Leather. Good. B. White Hardcover
17686993Frankfurt:: F.J. Eckebrecht 1768. Second edition. Fine. A fine hand-colored copperplate engraving. Folio 9 x 14.5 inches. Presented in elegant triple Sage Green French mat sized to 15 x 19.75 inches. Historiae Naturalis de Arboribus et Plantis is an early compendium of the known plants of the time with an emphasis on fruit-bearing and flowering plants and trees as represented in this plate. Engraved by the noted seventeenth century German engraver Matthaeus Merian. Matted in Rag Board F.J. Eckebrecht, unknown
17686994Frankfurt:: F.J. Eckebrecht 1768. Second edition. Fine. A fine hand-colored copperplate engraving. Folio 9 x 14.5 inches. Presented in elegant triple Sage Green French mat sized to 15 x 19.75 inches. Historiae Naturalis de Arboribus et Plantis is an early compendium of the known plants of the time with an emphasis on fruit-bearing and flowering plants and trees as represented in this plate. Engraved by the noted seventeenth century German engraver Matthaeus Merian. Matted in Rag Board F.J. Eckebrecht, unknown
17686992Heilronn:: F.J. Eckebrecht 1768. Second edition. Fine. A fine hand-colored copperplate engraving. Folio 9 x 14.5 inches. Presented in elegant triple Sage Green French mat sized to 15 x 19.75 inches. Historiae Naturalis de Arboribus et Plantis is an early compendium of the known plants of the time with an emphasis on fruit-bearing and flowering plants and trees as represented in this plate. Engraved by the noted seventeenth century German engraver Matthaeus Merian. Matted in Rag Board F.J. Eckebrecht, unknown
1796017737Picadilly Fleet Street & Paternoster-Row London: Printed for the author and sold by J. Debrett; B.& J. White and T.N. Longman 1796. Second edition illustrated with six engraved plates of which 4 are folding octavo pp xvi 211 i one page advertisement for the author's "Culture of the Vine" slightly age-toned internally fore-edge slightly marked which transfers lightly to the margin of page 97 and the opposing blank the title page a little more marked but otherwise very sound and tight internally recently bound in paper covered boards with a printed label on the spine in very clean condition. The second edition is preferable - it is much updated and with four extra plates. Blanche Henrey 1375. The pineapple had been grown for many decades in England but it was Speechly 1735 - 1819 who improved the design and structure of the houses. He discovered that the plants should not be kept at too hot a temperature in the winter and experimented with forcing pineapples in beds of oak leaves instead of the comparatively expensive and unpredictable tanner's bark. He worked for 34 years for the 3rd Duke of Portland at Welbeck Abbey in Northamptonshire. Second edition. Boards. Good. Printed for the author and sold by J. Debrett; B.& J. White, and T.N. Longman Hardcover
1768015805Pall-Mall York Street Strand and Fenchurch Stree: J. Dodsley; S. Baker G.Leigh et al 1768. Small octavo pp 2 123 a little age-toned but otherwise extremely clean and sound internally bound in a recent qurter calf and marbled boards with red leather lettering piece on the spine. Armorial bookplate of The Earl of Harrowby. The upper board is a little bowed but this detracts only a little from a very bright copy indeed. RARE. Blanche Henrey 1437. De Combles wrote the original anonymously in 1745 when it was the first work on the subject in France. The English edition is also anonymous and Henrey speculates that of the various booksellers mentioned on the title page "J. Gordon seedsman Fenchurch Street" may well have suggested publication if indeed he wasn't the translator. First English edition. Quarter calf and boards. Very Good. J. Dodsley; S. Baker, G.Leigh et al Hardcover
1787016686Poultry & Lombard Street London: Charles Dilly & James Phillips 1787. Octavo pp xx 51 a little age-toning and discolouration the title page more marked and with a small old paper repair to the upper corner a near contemporary signature - "R. Prime" - to the title page otherwise very sound internally. in a later twentieth century simple quarter calf binding a little marked and faded the boards slightly bowed. Of great interest is the seedsman's advertisement bound in at the front - Observations on the Culture of the Mangel Wurzel by Jenkins and Gwyther Nursery and Seedsmen New Road and in the Regent's Park. Ths extends to two and a half small sides folded and marked with the remains of an address and a postmark on the final side. Lettsom's work is rare anyway and I can find no trace of another copy of the Jenkins and Gwyther advertisement. Abbe de Commerell had a great interest in husbandry and made a special study of vegetable and fodder crops. Seed of the mangel wurzel fell in to Lettsom's hands and after sowing it at his botanic garden at Grove Hill he found that it produced an excellent crop for both humans and cattle. He immediately commissioned a translation which went in to three editions within a month. His efforts fell on stony ground and he was somewhat derided for his enthusiasm. Shortly in to the next century however it was greatly taken up by farmers. It was at this time that Jenkins and Gwyther issued their little pamphlet. Their nursery at Regent's Park subsequently became the gardens of the Royal Botanic Society. The owner of this copy was Richard Prime of Walberton House near Arundel. Prime a strong Tory was M.P. for the western division of Sussex 1847-54 and the dominant figure in Walberton in his day. Blanche Henrey 556. Second edition. Quarter leather. Good. Charles Dilly & James Phillips Hardcover
1750015882Leyden & Amsterdam: Samuel Luchtmans & Meynard Uytwerf 1750. Illustrated with 13 finely engraved plates one with a tear and one with tears along the folds one full page plan within the text small quarto pp xxiv 6 412 32 contents a little age-toned but otherwise remarkably clean pages unpressed lacking the half-title contemporary full calf rather worn particularly at the corners joints cracked lacking the lower panel of the spine and a small piece at the head original marbled endpapers. LACKING one plate. "French edition of the first treatise in Dutch to provide a theoretical basis for garden design. It also addressed various practical issues including the cultivation of plants propagation and stove and hothouse technology the latter presumably embodying the knowledge held within the family - the author's father having grown the first pineapple at Meerburg in 1658" - Patrick Taylor . Full-Leather. Good. Samuel Luchtmans & Meynard Uytwerf Hardcover
1795017372The Strand London & Edinburgh: T. Cadell & W. Davies; Bell & Bradfute 1795. Second edition. Illustrated with a folding plan of a cucmber bed a little foxed and browned slightly frayed at the fore-edge octavo pp xvi 312 fore-edge and bottom edge untrimmed a little foxed and age-toned throughout a neat early signature on the title page bound by Spink & Thackray of Leeds in a brown half buckram and boards slightly worn and with an armorial crest at the base of the spine. Blanche Henrey 1000. RARE - a good wide-margined copy. Second edition of the work which brought MacPhail's forcing frame and controversial method of cultivation to the public view. McPhail was gardener to Lord Hawkesbury at Addiscombe Place in Surrey. The brick frame was of his own design and a notable feature of this book is the detailed weather observations covering a complete year together with the precise treatment given to the plants on each day. The frame proved immensely popular and within 40 years Rogers 1839 was to state " an excellent invention that has certainly rendered the forcing of this vegetable more simple.there are few gentleman's gardens and few principal market gardens without them". . Second edition. Half cloth and boards. Very Good. T. Cadell & W. Davies; Bell & Bradfute Hardcover
1724016588The Half-Moon over against St Dunstan's Church: Tho. Woodward 1724. Illustrated with three folding engraved plates commendation leaf title page pp 22 333 though actually 332 14 three page bookseller's advertisement the largest plate has several splits at the folds but there is no loss slight age-toning internally but otherwise clean and sound contemporay calf blind-stamped unlettered spine some rubbing wear scuffs and marks but still very sound and with an attractive patina. Blanche Henrey 1413 - mentioning the gap in pagination. Switzer c.1683 - 1745 was a nurserymanseedsman and garden designer. A sound practical gardener and an early advocate of naturalistic gardening - "If the Beauties of Nature were not corrupted by Art gardens would be much more valuable". First Edition. Full Leather. Good. Tho. Woodward Hardcover
1724016682The Half-Moon over against St Dunstan's Church: Tho. Woodward 1724. Illustrated with three folding engraved plates commendation leaf title page pp 22 333 though actually 332 14 three page bookseller's advertisement the plates have slight wear and small tears but there is no loss some age-toning internally throughout endpapers browned a small neat number written on the front endpaper but otherwise clean and sound contemporay panelled calf blind-stamped some rubbing wear scuffs and marks neatly re-backed with a new leather spine with raised bands probably twentieth century very sound. Blanche Henrey 1413 - mentioning the gap in pagination. Switzer c.1683 - 1745 was a nurserymanseedsman and garden designer. A sound practical gardener and an early advocate of naturalistic gardening - "If the Beauties of Nature were not corrupted by Art gardens would be much more valuable". First Edition. Full Leather. Good. Tho. Woodward Hardcover
