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1528214900.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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023100Paris: Audot Cinquieme edition. 12mo with 44 charming hand coloured plates pp 63 the text pages are rather foxed but the plates are generally cleaner though four of them have a marginal stain to the top corner original marbled boards rubbed with a slightly later un-lettered cloth spine. Not dated - c. 1850 The plates are correct but the numbering is erratic. Cloth-backed boards. Good. Audot Hardcover
1906010762Paris: Goupil & Cie and Manzi Joyant & Cie 1906. Very well illustrated folio pp 186 title page printed in black and brown top edge gilt very clean internally contemporary roan a little rubbed lower corners slightly bumped original paper covers bound in. The date of publication on the verso of the title page is given as 1905 but 1906 on the recto. First Edition. Full-Leather. Very Good. Goupil & Cie and Manzi, Joyant & Cie Hardcover
1699017670at the Spread Eagle in Westminster-Hall: M. Gillyflower 1699. Second edition corrected. Illustrated with a frontispiece and nine engraved plates of which eight are folding Apparently lacking one plate small octavo pp iv xxxv i 43iii 4 35-309 vii much of the text rather browned and age-toned a fair few signs of use though all very tight the first fifty pages or so have a fair anount of pencil notes and underlinings see illustration with a little more on pages 179-199 contemporary calf rubbed and cracked but soundrebacked with a fairly recent calf spine raised bands new endpapers apparently by Bayntuns. The folding plates are rather worn and creased occasionally frayed at the margins; two have old sellotape repairs and one is rather badly torn across but without loss. The pagination is erratic and appears incorrect but it actuall ties in exactly with the contents pages at the rear. In this copy "An advertisement of J. Evelyn Esq." as mentioned by Blanche Henrey is bound immediately after the title page. LACKING ONE PLATE. Quintinie was in charge of the royal fruit and vegetable gardens under Louis XV. "His book shows his deep knowledge of every aspect of kitchen gardening" - Taylor. George London and Henry Wise were garden designers and nurserymen and formed one of the most important garden design practices in the history of British gardening. They designed formal gardens very much in the tradition of Le Notre and London was also royal gardener to William and Mary. Full Leather. Fair. M. Gillyflower 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
1791017068St Paul's Churchyard London: J. Johnson 1791. Two volumes bound in one. Volume 1 - Second edition 1791. Volume 2 - Third edition 1791. Blanche Henrey 470 . Illustrated with two engraved allegorical frontispieces 18 engraved plates one of them folding - the Cypripedium plate which is often lacking - and two hand-coloured quarto pp xii 214 126 ii; x 197 both frontispieces and title pages browned and with some offsetting from plate to title the plates of the Portland Vase and the Fertilisation of Egypt similar this last plate by Blake after Fuseli; the remaining botanical plates clean lacking the corner of page 171/2 a relevant pencilled note at the base of one page a few pages with foxing but otherwise very clean and sound internally with the armorial bookplate of the Dowdeswell family Pull Court Worcestershire on the front endpaper together with a shelf label and a small newspaper clipping; the hand-colouring on the two plates is particularly attractive and there is also an extra engraved plate fixed to the verso of the first titlepage - a portrait of Darwin engraved by Haughton after Rawlinson - this has caused a little waving of the paper; contemporary full calf a little rubbed and scuffed rebacked the old spine laid down and with some wrinkling. Still a good sound copy. The first poem The Economy of Vegetation celebrates technological innovation scientific discovery and offers theories concerning contemporary scientific questions such as the history of the cosmos. The more popular Loves of the Plants promotes revises and illustrates Linnaeus's classification scheme for plants. One of the first popular science books the intent of The Botanic Garden is to pique readers' interest in science while educating them at the same time. By embracing Linnaeus's sexualized language which anthropomorphizes plants Darwin intended to make botany interesting and relevant to the readers of his time. Darwin emphasizes the connections between humanity and plants arguing that they are all part of the same natural world and that sexual reproduction is at the heart of evolution ideas that his grandson Charles Darwin would later turn into a full-fledged theory of evolution. This evolutionary theme continues in The Economy of Vegetation which contends that scientific progress is part of evolution and urges its readers to celebrate inventors and scientific discoveries in a language usually reserved for heroes or artistic geniuses. Darwin's attempt to popularize science and to convey the wonders of scientific discovery and technological innovation through poetry helped initiate a tradition of popular science writing that continues to the present day. Full Leather. Good. J. Johnson Hardcover
1930047313Hampton Wick Middlesex UK: A. W. Darnell 1930. First Edition First Printing . Hardcover. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Quartos. 252 3; 252 pages. Indexed at the end of the first volume. Large format books the bindings measure 11 /14 inches tall by about 9 inches wide. Hardcovers bound in early 3/4 green calf with green cloth-covered boards. Bindings signed in type in the verso of the front flyleaves "Bound by Bayntun Riviere Bath England." Raised bands on the spines which have 6 compartments each. Dual leather labels per spine. The compartments are nicely stamped in decorative gilt with floral designs. Some rubbing to the bindings and spotting on the cloth. Faux marbled endpapers. Prior owner's signature of "William Lanier Hunt" on the second front flyleaves. Text is foxed especially at the front and rear. Nicely illustrated throughout. Collates complete with 24 color plates 12 per volume and numerous black and white full-page illustrations. Scarce in such nice bindings. Possibly a custom binding which would make this set unique. William Lanier Hunt 1906-1996 the former owner was known as the "Dean of Southern Horticulture." He donated land along the Morgan Creek in southern Orange County NC to the North Carolina Botanical Garden and is now known as the Hunt Arboretum. <br/> <br/> A. W. Darnell hardcover
19352110502150904710Not Available 1935. Soft Cover. Fine. Number of books: 1 Not Available paperback
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
1788019842The Botanic Garden Lambeth-Marsh: Published by the author 1788. Octavo pp 33i eight hand coloured engraved plates with slight age-toning the last twoplates with slight foxing also each plate has a descriptive explantikon page opposite twentieth century boards with cloth spine the upper cover a little faded but otherwise very good. RARE. Designed to illustrat a series of public lectures given by Curtis at his Botanic Garden only two parts each of four plates were ever published. The garden was in Lambeth Marsh near to what is now Waterloo Station. First Edition. Cloth-backed boards. Good. Published by the author Hardcover
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
2001021295Dartington Totnes: Agroforestry Research Institute 2001. Second revised edition. Large horizontal octavo pp 276 very slight signs of use internally paperback the covers slightly faded and slightly creased at the edges but a good copy. Not illustrated but a wealth of fine-print! information. VERY SCARCE. Second edition. Paperback. Good. Agroforestry Research Institute Paperback
1914022651London: J. & A. Churchill 1914. Many coloured and half-tone photographic plates large thick quarto pp xvi 500 top edge gilt the endpapers rather age-toned original brown lightly decorated buckram dull and slightly worn. As usual the plates are slightly dusty internally and a little waved. From the library of the botanist and garden historian Anthony Huxley with his stamp on the front endpaper. A good association copy as Huxley was an RHS council member for many years. VERY SCARCE. A record of the first flower show to be held on the Chelsea site. Although owing its inception to the Royal Horticultural Society it was actually organized by a small private company. The work was published at Cory's expense. First Edition. Cloth. Good. J. & A. Churchill Hardcover
0428832016.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
1330891880.Gpaperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
1904018008Edinburgh: Scottish Historical Society 1904. Portrait frontispiece octavo pp xliv 106 16 13 very clean internally blue cloth very slight signs of wear but a very bright copy. . First Edition. Cloth. Very Good. Scottish Historical Society Hardcover
19928718Melbourne: Centre for Urban Horticulture 1992. soft cover. VG. Light shelf wear to covers overall very good condition./No Jacket. Contains sections on growing trees in stressed environments scientific management of urban vegetation scientific management of urban trees management systems in urban horticulture container plant production systems for revegetation and the profession of horticulture. Illustrated with black and white drawings and diagrams. Centre for Urban Horticulture paperback
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
0267701683.Ghardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. hardcover
