[AGRICULTURE] - HUGOT (Victor) - DESBEAUX (Emile).-Livre Rare Book
[BOTANY - HORTICULTURE].Biblio.com
Bloemkundig woordenboek bevattende eene beschrijving van meer dan 2200 gewassen waaronder 170 van de mooiste heiden zoo boomen heesters als planten.
1821ABC_48479Amsterdam 1821. 8vo. J.C. Sepp & zoon Contemporary red sprinkled paper wrappers with a printed paper title-label on the spine. 2 L 521 1 blank pp. First edition of this extensive work on the cultivation and multiplication of plants and trees accompanied by an introduction which explains the basics of horticulture. The work discusses hundreds of plants in alphabetical order and gives important facts about their growth and development. All mentioned plants were considered suitable for Dutch gardens. The work was very accessible and easy to read for the general public. According to Van Eeden it was so popular that the publisher still received inquiries for it in the 1860s. However since the information in it was no longer up-to-date by this time the work was edited and re-published in 1868 as Hortus Batavus. The present work however is the first edition.With a red ownership stamp "Ex Libris J. Visser Rotterdam" on the front wrapper and the title-page the printed price of the work on the title-page has been corrected by hand. The edges and corners of the wrappers are frayed and the spine is damaged with loss of material at the head and foot. The work is occasionally very slightly foxed and the edges are lightly browned. Otherwise in good condition.l Cf. Eeden F. W. van Hortus Batavus introduction; Stafleu & Cowan 1626; not in Pritzel. unknown
Asher Rare Books · Pays-Bas950,00 €
