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1760047649Paris: Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert Libraire du Roi pour le Genie & l'Artillerie a l'image Notre Dame 1760. Fourth Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. Quarto. 8 482 6 pages. Hardcover bound in original speckled calf with raised bands on the spine. The binding is worn but sound. Splitting to the front hinge running up about 3 inches from the foot to the lowest band. Spine a bit dry with some flaking and nicks to the leather. The binding is rubbed and has some scuffs. A sound copy. All edges red. Marbled endpapers. Text is generally clean. Collates complete with 49 copperplate engravings most which are folding. A decent example. First published in 1709 this is the Fourth edition and is the most expansive and heavily illustrated editions of this work. Text is in French. <br/> <br/> Chez Charles-Antoine Jombert, Libraire du Roi pour le Genie & l'Artillerie, a l'image Notre Dame hardcover
1668015654London: George Sawbridge 1668. 1668. Illustrated with six plates plus woodcut illustrations within the text small octavo pp ii 102 some browning and thumbing throughout with general signs of use the occasional very early small manuscript note the last two pages with slight wear to the margins and minor neat paper repairs early manuscript figures and small scribbles on the blank surface of the final page. Lacking a large corner of pages 65/66 and replaced with a paper repair; the text has been copied in manuscript and the missing portion of the maze parterre has been very carefully copied and is barely noticeable apart from the different paper colour see images. Neatly bound in a fairly modern full calf small raised bands and red morocco label. When first published in 1617/1618 this was the first gardening book intended for the conditions of the North of England and the Country Housewife's Garden the first English gardening book for women. Full-Leather. Good. George Sawbridge Hardcover
1676021155The Sign of the Temple near the Inner Temple Gate: George Marriott 1676. "Second impression corrected with many additions". Tall quarto a title page printed in red and black illustrated with eight engraved plates of parterres a little waterstaining to the lower margins and old neat paper repairs three attractive engraved headpeices to each of the three sections pp 20 232 8 a little age-toniong and occasional light staining throughout without the engraved title page but with the preliminary leaf "The Mind of the Front" which is frequently lacking on the verso of the preliminary leaf is a signature "Henry Bates 1746" and also some earlier neat script practices contemporary full calf a little worn rubbed and cracked but still very firm. Blanche Henrey 326. "The most important Englsh treatise on gardening to be published during the second half of the seventeenth century". Rea or Rhea seems to have been a highly respected gardener and when the first edition was ;published in 1665 stated "Fourty years ar now compleated since first I began to be a planter". Second edition. Full Leather. Good. George Marriott Hardcover
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
019713George Yard Lombard Street: William Phillips Published 1803 - 1804. First Issue. Thee volumes well illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece and 119 hand coloured plates as usual the plates are erratically bound but all are present all edges gilt in Volume 2 bound in modern blue cloth with only very slight signs of use. Despite the rather plain binding the contents are overall in remarkably bright condition. There is a little offsetting of plate on to text and occasionally of text on to plate but there are only six plates where this is really noticeable and of these plate 91 is rather poor. In Volume 1 the second plate is bound slightly on a skew so that the margin protrudes slightly at the top and fore-edge; in Volume 2 a number of the descriptive leaves are bound together at the end rather than opposite the plate they describe. Volume 3 concludes with Thortnon's "Sketch of the Life and Writings of the Late Mr William Curtis 33 pages. Ignoring the minor oddities of the set there is a remarkable freshness about the paper quality and the colouring. . First Edition. Cloth. Good. William Phillips Hardcover
1693016899Spread Eagle Westminster hall : Matthew Gillyflower & James Partidge 1693. First English edition. Illustrated with an engraved portrait frontispiece nine engraved plates of eleven - so LACKING two plates a few small wooducts in the text many charming engraved chapter headings folio title page printed in red and black pp 42 188 208 4 80 the top bottom and fore-edge red a few blemishes internally but overall very clean the hinge before the frontispiece cracked but sound contemprary calf rebacked probably in the ealy nineteenth century a little bumped and worn the spine with more wear and a little splitting and fraying at the head and tail. An early un-named owner obviously a knowledgeable and proficient gardener has contributed half a page of manuscript notes on the first front blank in which he questions inter alia why the author has not included mustard-seed in the list of all things that a kitchen-garden should contain; there are also neat marginal notes throughout in the same hand - these are in no way detrimental and indeed enhance the book. Blanche Henrey 218. One of the most influential books in the history of fruit culture. Evelyn's edition though almost certainly the translation work of George London not only brought the French work to an entirely new audience it added short sections on the culture of orange trees and melons which were not in the original. First English edition. Full-Leather. Good. Matthew Gillyflower & James Partidge Hardcover
1773015679London: S. Hooper 25 Ludgate-Hill 1773. Second edition greatly improved. Illustrated with one plate foxed octavo pp xxxii 298 2 136 slight age-toning and blemishes heavier spotting and foxing between pages 77 and 98 possibly caused by the different paper of the plate otherwise very sound and tight contemporary half calf and marbled boards rubbed and slightly worn rebacked at some point with the old spine laid down the spine now slightly worn at head and foot. With armorial bookplate of Peter Clutterbuck and a slightly odd offset on the facing blank. RARE. Weston was originally a thread-hosier of Leicester but in some of his anonymous works describes himself as "a country gentleman". In 1773 he was living at Kensington Gore but later was living at Leicester where he was secretary of the local agricultural society. From the number of his published works it is evident he had a very wide knowledge of plants and plant literature. Blanche Henrey 1490 - "Richard Weston 1733-1806 appears to have had an excellent knowledge of nursery gardening and nurserymen's sale catalogues. He was interested in agriculture and all forms of horticulture and he also made a study of horticultural and botanical literature.Weston's first important published work appeared in 1769 anonymously. This was his Tracts on practical agriculture and gardening. At the end of this volume and in subsequent editions of the work is a very useful 'Catalogue of English authors.on husbandry gardening botany and subjects relative thereto''. This catalogue is greatly extended in this rare second edition. Second edition. Half-Leather. Good. S. Hooper, 25 Ludgate-Hill Hardcover
180658818Philadelphia: Printed by B. Graves No. 40 1806. Thick 8vo. v 1 648 18 index pp. With 1 text diagram for planting Hyacinth bulbs 1 large folding table “Of the progress of vegetation in Pennsylvania compared with that of the some of the famous wine countries of Europe.†Contemporary full tree calf gilt & red morocco spine label gilt ruling on spine chipping head of spine tidemark through lower corner of textblock from wicking occasional slight foxing very light interior uniform toning 1 closed tear at gutter margin of large folding table still a good copy w/ former ownership bookplate & shelf no. on front pastedown. First edition of the first notable horticultural work and nursery seed catalogue printed in the United States by this Irish-American nurseryman who corresponded and traded specimens with President Thomas Jefferson at Monticello as well as cultivated specimens collected during the Lewis & Clark expedition. McMahon before 1765-1816 immigrated from Ireland during political unrest and by 1802 had established his popular nurseries including greenhouses experimental gardens and hot houses near the Germantown Turnpike between Philadelphia and Nicetown. These contained useful and ornamental plants adapted to the American climate and in this detailed volume he outlines month-by-month the instructions for erecting and laying out the plants their cultivation and has incorporated as appendix detailed catalogues of 18 separate classes for available specimens. Eventually McMahon was able to cultivate and began selling a variety of plants collected from the Lewis & Clark Expedition including a fragrant currant Ribes odaritissimum and he also successfully cultivated Osage orange trees Maclura pomifera which were among the most celebrated specimens. The book became a classic work in the United States reprinted in 11 editions from 1806 to 1857 and urged American gardeners to incorporate indigenous species into their ornamental plantings. See: Hedrick History of Horticulture in America to 1860 1988; Alexander Brey Bernard M’Mahon History of Early American Landscape Design National Gallery of Art 2022. Printed by B. Graves, No. 40, unknown
117244London J. S. Virtue & Co. Limited 1891-1894. . First edition; 3 vols 4to; 43 chromolithographic plates chromolithographic titles engravings within the text a little spotting primarily to early leaves and some light toning of the margins; original green publisher's cloth blocked in black and gilt cloth a little rubbed at the extremities spines slightly rolled a very good set.<br /> First edition of this lavishly illustrated set a nice example in the elaborate publisher's cloth binding with the original prospectus loosely inserted. Author John Wright was a member of the Royal Horticultural Society and editor of the Journal of Horticulture.<br /> London, J. S. Virtue & Co., Limited, [1891-1894]. hardcover
1790018728The Architectural Library: I. & J. Taylor 1790. Illustrated with an engraved frontispiece 28 engraved plates octavo pp 14 two-page publisher's catalogue at the rear age-toning and some signs of use internally though this is usually restricted to the margins with the contemporary signature of V. Owen Smythe of Condover Park and loosely inserted is the later armorial bookplate of Reginald Cholmondeley of Condover Hall also loosely inserted is a further publishers' catalogue of 16 pages uncut and partially unopened the first page of which is detached; finely bound in full red crushed morocco with ornate gilt decoration on both covers the spine gilt with raised bands and a small black morocco label contained in a custom-made box of marbled paper over boards a red calf spine and cloth lined; the binder is not known but the inked initials "T.A.B. 1974" on the rear endpaper may identify them. From the library of the gardening historian Anthony Huxley with his stamp on the front endpaper. RARE. First published in 1767 the Sir John Soane Library suggests this is probably the third edition of this pattern book although the second could also be possible. Apparently highly influential though nothing seems to be known of its author. New Edition. Full morocco in box. Very Good. I. & J. Taylor Hardcover
1900D11309Paris c. 1900. Hardcover. Fine. Half black calf and mottled green cloth gilt-stamped lettering on upper board; oblong folio 381x280 mm; containing 71 mounted photographs by Constant Robert of 65 Avenue de la Bourdonnais credited on the front board of a French exposition of orchids roses lillies irises bonsai trees and fruit. 57 platinum prints and 14 silver prints ranging in size from 89x127 to 164x229 mm mounted to sheets creating a thin border of beige white or pale grey and heavy grey boards arranged 1 to 4 per page recto only. A lavish album just a bit rubbed along the edges. <br/><br/>The Paris horticultural society originated in 1827 and as it grew became the Royal Horticultural Society 1835 then in 1885 the "Societe Nationale d'Horticulture de France." The exposition portrayed here was extensive and possibly associated with one of the great international French expositions of the turn of the century. All but two images are interior photographs of plants or displays including close-ups of specific blooms arrangements of fruit wide views of the room and an array of Bonsai trees in Oriental ceramic pots. hardcover
1638018234Roma: Pier Ant Facciotti 1638. Small thick quarto pp 12 520 26 illustrated with an engraved title page an engraved frontispiece though here bound in after the preliminary pages and 45 plates of 46 - lacking the plate which occupied pages 55/56 some age-toning and slight foxing throughout the plates a bit more browned but without the intense browning often found in this book overall quite tight internally one preliminary page and pages 395-398 protruding slightly and a little chipped and frayed at the margins full vellum binding probably original rather used and marked but quite sound and firm the upper and lower cover a bit warped and bowed the front hinge cracked but firm and showing traces of old glue. The first Italian edition. Ferrari 1584 - 1655 was an Italian Jesuit and professor in Rome and a botanist. He devoted himself till 1632 to the study and cultivation of ornamental plants and published De Florum Cultura which was illustrated with copperplates by amongst others Anna Maria Vaiani possibly the first female copper-engraver. The first book deals with the design and maintenance of the garden and garden equipment. The second book provides descriptions of the different flowers while the third book deals with the culture of these flowers. The fourth book continues with a treatise on the use and beauty of the flower species including their different varieties and mutations. The plants featured in Ferrari's research came from Cardinal Francesco Barberini's private botanical garden the Horti Barberini a garden which was under the care of Ferrari. Several Cape bulbs are illustrated for the first time - most notably Haemanthus coccinea but also Amaryllis bella-donna Brunsvigia orientalis and Ferraria crispa. Hunt Library Catalogue rather downbeat in its comment - "The fame rests more on the quality of the engraved plates than on their contribution to botanical knowledge". Perhaps so but horticulturally I feel this is a fundamental work for its period. Nissen BBI 620; Pritzel 2877. Vellum. Good. Pier Ant Facciotti Hardcover
1850022864Amen Corner Paternoster Row London: William S. Orr & Co. 1850. Second edition not dated - 1850 is sometimes suggested. Quarto pp x 270 with 58 superb hand-coloured plates one plate with a very small mark very occasional very minor marks to the text but otherwise extremely clean intermally original green cloth blind-stamped and decorated in gilt very slightly marked the spine a little faded slight splitting to both joints towards the top recased with new endpapers. One of the most desirable of this series and extremely uncommon with the cloth binding preserved. The Lindley Library copy of the second edition has a different publisher. Interestingly Noel Humphreys' obituary in The Garden vol. 18 1881 p. xii names Humphreys as the artist for the Ladies' fFower-garden series. Second edition. Cloth. Very Good. Illus. by Noel Humphreys. William S. Orr & Co., Hardcover
021394The Bell in St Paul's Churchyard: Jo. Martin & J. Allestry First edition. "Sylva Or A discourse of forest-trees and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesties Dominions. By J.E. Esq; As it was Deliver'd in the Royal Society the xvth of October MDCLXII. upon Occasion of certain Quæries Propounded to that Illustrious Assembly by the Honorable the Principal Officers and Commissioners of the Navy. To which is annexed Pomona; Or An appendix concerning Fruit-tTrees in relation to cider; the Making and several ways of Ordering it. Published by express Order of the Royal Society. Also Kalendarium Hortense; Or Gard'ners Almanac; Directing what he is to do Monethly throughout the Year." Tall quarto pp 16 120 4 20 ii 21-40ii 41-50ii 55-83 iii with the license leaf the errta leaf and the two unpaginated leaves in Pomona which are often not present the first title page printed in red and black as is the Kalendarium title and also the name of each month is in red two small woodcuts in the text a small stain at the bottom margin runs throughout slight staining to the gutter margins of the last few pages the cintents are unpressed so slightly waved throughout vey slight signs of use internally slightly age-toned the first blank is creased and frayed the license leaf also but less so a neat contemporary manuscript note on page 83 the hinge at pages 32/33 cracked but without weakness the hinge at the title page similar but less so contemporary full calf rubbed scuffed and marked but still very sound loss of the leather surface here and there "SYLVA" faintly written on the spine recased at some point not recently and with later endpapers. One of the most influential books on forestry ever published. Janson Pomona's Harvest page 146; Catalogue of Botanical Books in the Collection of Rachel M. M. Hunt No. 296; Blanche Henrey British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800 Volume 1 No. 132; Sandra Raphael An Oak Spring Sylva a selection of The Rare books on Trees in the Oak Spring Garden Library No. 32. First Edition. Full Leather. Good. Jo. Martin & J. Allestry Hardcover
1773019039London: Printed for the author 1773. Second edition "corrected and enlarged". Folio pp iv ii 716 with an engraved frontispiece 60 engraved plates plates 66 - 80 in the appendix i.e. LACKING five plates in the appendix some age-toning internally the odd blemish here and there the frontispiece with two earlier minor repairs a partly unpressed copy which has resulted in a horizontal crease to the last sixty pages or so see illustration and a slight depression to earlier ones bound in a recent half calf with very slight signs of use with marbled endpapers. Plate 31 is bound slightly out of order and plate 59 has a small ink scribble in the margin and has the plate number corrected in ink. Blanche Henrey 805 mentioning a portrait as well as an allegorical frontispiece; the portrait is not present in our copy. Sir John Hill was an English composer actor author and botanist. He contributed to contemporary periodicals and engaged in literary battles with poets playwrights and scientists. A controversial figure John Hill's often provocative and scurrilous writings involved him in many quarrels both in the field of science and that of literature. Nevertheless his general approval of Linnaeus resulted in many of Hill's publications using the Linnean system for the first time. Second edition. Full Leather. Good. Printed for the author Hardcover
