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1802017846London Dublin & Edinburgh: Samuel Bagster; John Archer; Ross and Blackwood 1802. Second edition enlarged and improved. Two engraved plates with stains and virtually detached pp 432 vii untrimmed and unpressed the first few pages rather weak a small marginal stain to the last 25 pages otherwise clean internally though rather weak original boards with a later paper spine and small handwritten label. An over-industrious former owner has erased the printing date on the title page and erroneously entered 1828. From the library of the botanist and garden historian Anthony Huxley with his stamp on the front endpaper which also contains a contemporary signature. The authorship is frequently given as the agricultural writer Arthur Young but I can find no justification for this Fussell certainly made no such assertion. Second edition. Boards. Fair. Samuel Bagster; John Archer; Ross and Blackwood Hardcover
1802019028London Dublin & Edinburgh: Samuel Bagster; John Archer; Ross and Blackwood 1802. Second edition enlarged and improved. Two engraved plates a little browned and marked pp 432 vii slightly used throughout the blank page following the front endpaper is creased and lacking a corner bound in a later brown cloth. The authorship is frequently given as the agricultural writer Arthur Young but I can find no justification for this Fussell certainly made no such assertion. Second edition. Cloth. Good. Samuel Bagster; John Archer; Ross and Blackwood Hardcover
1858012712Philadelphia 1858. Book. Good. Card and Cloth. 4.75 X 7.75 inches. Worn covers age-toned and foxed. The rear cover has a large lower-corner tear and edge tear that has been tape-repaired. Moisture exposure and some dampstaining in the first few pages of the upper corner. The almanac is now bound in protective cloth and card-a Gaylamount pamphlet binder from Gaylord Bros label inside rear cover. 60 pages. Includes ads for Landreth's Agricultural Ware-Houses and Landreth's Garden Seeds 15-page Descriptive Catalogue of Garden Seeds from Landreth & Son astronomical calculations by Joseph Foulke M.D. and monthly charts that include moon phases sunrises sunsets and planting advice. Hardcover
1893102421<p>Paris 1893. Prospectus printed in black on thin red/pink paper. Illustrated. Size 215 cm x 275 cm. traces of folds but in a good condition.<br /><br />A system for protecting greenhouses and vines. The wine harvest of 1892 has been disastrous . Michelet has invented a new system for protecting the vines.</p>
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
1880022459Belfast: M'Caw Stevenson & Orr 1880. Not dated - c.1880. Illustrated with line drawings in the text and attractive section headings octavo pp 4 233 with alternate page headings and initial letters printed in red throughout all edges gilt pages 12 - 16 slightly marked in the upper corner see illustration very clean internally brown beveled cloth with striking decoration in black and gold the bottom edge shelf-rubbed slightly worn at the corners the top and bottom of the spine pulled. . A beautifully produced book. Halkett & Laing give the author as 'Miss Carruthers of Inverness'. However a Lindley Library copy from Fred Stoker's library given to him by Thomas Hay has a note "Keep this little book it was written by Jane Paterson Baxter House Coupar Fife c 1870". . First Edition. Cloth. Good. M'Caw, Stevenson & Orr 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
1858TK0143Stuttgart:: E. Schweizerbact'sche . . . 1858 1860-1887. 1858. 29 volumes. NUMEROUS HAND-COLORED PLATES. Contemporary half cloth or marbled boards mixed bindings; some wear. A monthly magazine about floriculture horticulture and fruit growing. Illustrated with hundreds of mostly colored lithographed plates. Published by the horticultural society Flora in Stuttgart and court gardener Lebl from 1871. Stuttgart Schweizerbart 1858 and 1860- 1887. EXTRA POSTAGE WILL CERTAINLY APPLY. E. Schweizerbact'sche . . . 1858, 1860-1887. 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
18679337New York: William Wood & Co 1867. New Edition Revised and Enlarged. 8vo each part separately paginated 152 212 166pp. Indices. Engravings and woodcut vignette illustrations by S. Edwards Todd. Publisher's purple cloth spine lettered and decorated in gilt. Boards soiled and faded spine dulled. Hinges starting but sound and clean internally. Very good. <br /> <br /> Nicely illustrated edition in original cloth of this comprehensive American horticultural work from Thomas Bridgeman 1786-1850. Bridgeman was born in England and emigrated to the U.S. in 1824 opening a seed store. He authored several other titles on gardening. <br /> <br /> Both the first edition of 1866 and this enlarged 1867 edition are surprisingly scarce. William Wood & Co unknown
1897TK0352London:: Office Journal of Horticulture 1897-98. 1897. 2 annuals bound in 1 volume. 4to. 478; xi 1 514 pp. 52 large chromolithographic plates. Original half dark green morocco green cloth; rubbed. Very good. The beautiful and large chromolithographic plates that embellished these 2-years of issues are especially attractive. / Dedicated to the Rev. George Herbert Engleheart raiser of beautiful narcissi being the fifty-first volume of "The Garden". With the next issue dedicated to John Gilbert Baker of the Herbarium Royal Gardens Kew. / Reverend George Herbert Engleheart 1851-1936 achieved national prominence as one of the greatest ever breeders of daffodils Narcissus but as a 'highly cultured man well read and appreciative of everything that is beautiful' he also found time to indulge in the classical archaeology of his local Hampshire parishes. / John Gilbert Baker FRS was an English botanist. He subsequently worked at the library and herbarium of the Royal Botanic Gardens Kew between 1866 and 1899 and was keeper of the herbarium from 1890 to 1899. He wrote handbooks on many plant groups including Amaryllidaceae Bromeliaceae Iridaceae Liliaceae and ferns. His published works include Flora of Mauritius and the Seychelles 1877 and Handbook of the Irideae 1892. HEAVY BOOK – international buyers please contact for postage quote. Office [Journal of Horticulture], 1897-98. hardcover
1833AQ25264London: John Harris 1833. 175pp 33. With engraved 19 plates and a terminal publisher's advertisement catalogue. Original publisher's red roan-backed dark-green cloth boards lettered in gilt. Lightly rubbed corners bumped. Internally clean and crisp. An anonymous primer for young children of the fundamentals of gardening particularly the seasonal planting of flowers; first published in 1831 as a part of the popular Little Library series published by John Harris. Moon 303 3. Third edition. 8vo. John Harris hardcover
183234364Washington DC: n.p. 1832. Letter. Very good. Letter dated November 22d 1832. Approx. 8" x 10" one page signed at the bottom by Woodbury. The left edge of the letter is neatly tipped onto a larger sheet of paper with "Levi Woodbury Sec. of Navy" written in pencil at the top The title is not written in Woodbury's hand. <br /> <br /> The contents of the signed letter read - "Gentleman I have received your letter of the 17th instant asking for some seeds of the Tesk tree and have refereed it to the Secretary of the Treasury who has charge of the seeds.- I am respectfully Your Obed Servt signed Levi Woodbury. Addressed at bottom "Willm. Prince & Sons Flushing New York." Levi Woodbury 1789-1851 was Secretary of the Navy during Andrew Jackson's administration United States Senator from New Hampshire and an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court. The receiver of this letter William Prince of William Prince and Son's Flushing New York was a known United States Horticulturist. n.p. unknown
184633512Cincinnati: L'Hommedieu & Co 1846. 8vo. 8 1/8 x 5 1/4 inches. 68 4 xix pp. plus three plates. Modern three-quarter morocco and marbled boards spine gilt top edge gilt. Bookplate and bookseller's label on front pastedown. Some toning.<br/> <br/> The charter and by-laws for the Cincinnati Horticultural Society with reports and transactions from its meeting during the first three years of its existence.<br/> <br/> "Regional growers sought to share knowledge and capitalize on their collective prestige by organizing the Cincinnati Horticultural Society. Founded in 1843 by local businessmen-growers the society was an active group of urban boosters several of whom were also leading winemakers. Under the society's guidance wine making flourished. A period of major expansion of the Cincinnati wine industry marked the decades after 1842 the year in which Nicholas Longworth stumbled onto his formula for 'sparkling Catawba' a much more palatable and popular beverage than his previous 'Cincinnati hock'" - Hannickel.<br/> <br/> Erica Hannickel "Empires of the Vine: Wine Culture in America" Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press 2013 p. 103. L'Hommedieu & Co unknown
1892008433Sacramento: A. J. Johnston State Printing Office 1892 Book. Very fine. Hardcover. 1st Edition. Pp. 4 458 plus frontispiece 53 plates including 2 color plates of Beneficial Insects numerous text illustrations. Index. Publisher's original pebbled black cloth gilt lettering and pictorial element of the Goddess Pomona to spine. Corners of two leaves slightly crunched ink stamps to front and rear endpaper. A very fine copy. First edition of this Biennial Report. Includes the Reports for both 1893 and 1894. Covers the normal reports to the Governor etc. Also includes transactions of the sixteenth and seventeenth State Fruit Growers' Convention and of course information on the Horticultural Exhibit at the Midwinter Fair held in San Francisco 1894. The frontis illustration shows a portion of the exhibit; the second section of the book provides the article Exhibit at Midwinter Fair and Horticultural Day Tree pp. 443-451 including a photographic plate showing the Mission Olive Tree labeled the Horticultural Day Tree planted at the west side of the Fine Arts Building at the Midwinter Fair held in Golden Gate Park. This was one of the famous and historic trees at San Diego over a century old "from which dates the first period in the horticultural history of California." Other key articles include those on apricots cherries Fruit Growers in the Santa Maria Valley another on California Almonds etc. . A. J. Johnston, State Printing Office hardcover
1811020897Air Glasgow Edinburgh: Wilson & Paul; Brash & Reid; A. Constable & Co et al 1811. Octavo pp xxx 355 i marbled edges the first four leaves have a light crease to the lower corner otherwise clean and sound internally though the latter half of the book tends to be a little age-toned contemporary full calf rubbed neatly re-backed with a new calf spine and morocco label. Full Leather. Good. Wilson & Paul; Brash & Reid; A. Constable & Co (et al) Hardcover
1815045208London: Printed by W. Bulmre & Co. Cleveland Row; Sold by J. Hatchard Piccadilly 1815. Second Edition. . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Quarto. xvi 366 27 30 pages. COLLATES COMPLTE WITH 16 ENGRAVINGS including 4 in color. Hardcover bound in early half leather with brown orange and blue marbled paper-coverd boards. The binding is worn. The hinges are cracked but holding and the spine ends are chipped. The remains of an old paper label are on the front cover. Green endpapers. The text block is sound and clean. Printed with wide margins with untrimmed edges. Text is quite clean. The title page states 2nd edition 1815. There is a 27 page Appendix after the main section of 366 pages. The final 30 pages begins with a "List of drawings of Fruits Executed by Order of the Council. 1816-1817." There are also two lists of medals dated 1816 and 1817. Note there are NO further illustrations beyond the 16 called for. The final pages contain the Index List of Authors etc. <br/> <br/> Printed by W. Bulmre & Co., Cleveland Row; Sold by J. Hatchard Piccadilly hardcover
1878021779Wien: Carl Ueberreuter'sche 1878. Illustrated with 9 original photographs mounted on card and one text figure small octavo pp ii 182 a little age-toned some hinges cracking but no real weakness traces of a label removed from the front endpaper kcontemporary cloth-backed boards slightly worn a hand-written title label on the spine. RARE.An early work to be illustrated with actual photographs. A record of the plant-related exhibits of the Fifth World Exhibition and the first in the German-speaking world. The images here concentrate on the Japanese Garden. As early as June 8 1872 the construction progress on the site was documented photographically. The images were offered for sale in a separate pavilion. The entire image production comprised around 2200 images. These were published in 1874 in the "General Catalog of Photographic Products of the Vienna Photographers' Association for the World Exhibition 1873". In 1874 the members separated and divided the image inventory among themselves. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Good. Carl Ueberreuter'sche Hardcover
1842022833Paris: L. Curmer 1842. 1842 - 1843. Two volumes large thick octavo very well illustrated with many fine engraved portraits plans and plates including 32 coloured plates of a very fine quality pp xxiv416; 462 ii one plate is foxed otherwise very clean internally apart from the endpapers which are a little marked becoming a little weak internally; the fore-edge uneven contemporary publisher's green pebble cloth gilt decorated spines very slightly worn. With the book label of the Sussex historian Lindsay Fleming Aldwick Grange. . Cloth. Good. L. Curmer Hardcover
1840022148New York: T. Bridgeman et al 1840. Eighth edition improved. Small octavo pp 408 a little age-toned and some foxing throughout heavier on a few pages a light stain to the last 100 pages affecting the top margin and in to the gutter margin the last two pages rather browned otherwise sound internally bound in a later black unlettered quarter cloth with original marbled boards slightly worn. . Quarter cloth. Fair. T. Bridgeman (et al) Hardcover
1883022350Edinburgh and London: William Blackwood & Sons 1883. Octavo pp x 130 publisher's catalogue 16 pages purple cloth the binding leaning rear joint badly cracked but not weak a duplicate from the Royal Horticultural Society Lindley with their label on the front endpaper and blind-stamps on the title page. RARE . First Edition. Cloth. Good. William Blackwood & Sons Hardcover
1862023031London: Day & Son Lithographers to the Queen 1862. With an illuminated half-title a title page and 36 illuminated pages all edges gilt original blue embossed cloth richly decorated in gilt on both covers and on the spine just slightly worn at corners and head and tail of spine probably recased with new endpapers . Cloth. Very Good. Day & Son, Lithographers to the Queen Hardcover
1900023265London: L. Upcott Gill 1900. Well illustrated with over 700 text engravings very thick octavo pp viii 1198 13 pages publisher's advertisements top edge gilt very slight age-toning several pages have been clumsily opened leaving slightly rough edges and occasional very minor loss of page margin page 159/160 has a tear into the text without loss the front hinge is cracked and there is weakness through to page vi due to the extreme weight of the book original publisher's embossed cloth a little bleached on both covers towards the front edge otherwise very good. An amazing book with a great deal of information on just about every aspect of late-Victorian horticulture. SCARCE. A heavy book - extra postage may be necessary. First Edition. Cloth. Good. L. Upcott Gill Hardcover
1850023406Great Marlborough Street London: Henry Colburn 1850. 1850 - 1852. A new edition in four volumes corrected revised and enlarged. Two portrait frontispieces small octavo pp xl 429; ii 396 a folding pedigree; xiiii 399; iv 448 very clean and tight internally original blind-stamped cloth slightly worn. All volumes have been repaired and re-cased and there is loss to three of the spines but still a very pleasing and useable set. A heavy set - extra postage may be necessary. . Cloth. Good. Henry Colburn Hardcover
1897019987187 Piccadilly London: Privately printed for Arthur L. Humphreys 1897. Octavo pp xvi 123 top edge gilt the other edges uncut decorative endpapers original decorated cloth faded but sound the corners slightly worn the spine darkened the fore-edge very slightly bruised. SCARCE. Originally published in 1829. I know nothing of the compiler who doesn't even get a mention in Desmond's Dictionary. Second edition. Cloth. Good. Privately printed for Arthur L. Humphreys Hardcover
