Germany: [1814]. Small rectangular cardboard box; Hand-colored lithographed label on pull-off lid, toned and spotted, some loss to embossed border; Colorful pattern around border of box; Lithograph is illustration of flower garden with children playing around water fountain and parents nearby that can be reproduced with parts contained in box;;... More about Der Blumengarten. The flowergarden. Le jardin de fleurs
London: W. Mears, 1724. Contemporary calf. 4th Edition. 8vo (18.2 x 11.6 cm). Contemporary paneled calf with some wear; raised bands on later spine; gilt label; small patches to lower cover repaired; two ink spots on fore edge of text block; edges speckled red. Collation: [xvi], 63, [64], [viii], [65]-435... More about New Improvements of Planting and Gardening, both Philosophical and Practical In Three Parts. I....
Bruxelles: Deprez-Parent, 1847. First Edition. Original cloth. 8vo (23.0 x 15.5 cm).Original maroon blind stamped cloth; spine with gilt author and title, bands defined by gilt lines, sunned; small ink mark at top of front cover. Collation:[4 half title;title], x, 217 pp. + 9 hand colored lithograph plates. Text has... More about Culture forestière des arbres résineux conifères
London: Printed for T. Osborne, T. Tyre, S. Crowder, H. Woodgate, [1756]-1757. Contemporary calf. 1st Edition. Folio (42 x 26 cm). Contemporary tooled calf with new spine with original red morocco label laid down; raised bands and plane panels; wear to corners repaired; covers with some wear more so on... More about Eden: or a compleat body of gardening. Containing Plain and Familiar Directions for Raising the...
London: B. and R. Crosby & Co., 1813. Fourth edition. Quarter calf. 12mo in sixes.(18.5 x 11.2 cm). Large uncut paper copy. Original brown boards, new leather spine. Weare to edges of boards;corners bumped. Collation: 186, [8- index] pp. There are two blank leaves of end papers at end of... More about A Treatise on the Culture of the Apple and Pear, and on the Manufacture of Cider & Perry,...
Leiden: Samuel Luchtmans & Meynard Uytwerf, 1750. First French Edition. Vellum. 4to (260 x 204 mm). Later vellum with decorative gilt on spine and cover; title gilt on separate leather; floral end papers. xiv [1]-412 [40] Berolzheimer copy. With 15 plates of glasshouses, fruits, and one plan. Minor browning and... More about Les Agremens de la Campagne, ou Remarques Particulieres sur la construction des maisons de...
Rochester: [1890]. Original Dark Blue Cloth. Oblong 8vo. Original dark blue cloth gild border tooling on front cover; tooling only on rear cover. Collation: Title page for Specimen Book followed by around 90 chromolithograph or pochoir color plates of various fruits and trees for clients. This specimen book was presented... More about Nurseryman’s Specimen Book
