Gardening & Botany
11 volumes, comprising
£938
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 23 June 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
[Jackson, Maria Elizabeth] The Florist's Manual. London: Henry Colburn and Co., 1822. Second edition, 8vo, hand-coloured folding frontispiece and 6 hand-coloured plates, later half calf gilt; Boswell, George A Treatise on Watering Meadows. London: J. Debrett, 1792. 8vo, 5 folding plates, later half calf gilt, a little foxing; Reid, John The Scots Gard'ner... Edinburgh: John Moncur, 1721. Second edition, 8vo, 5 plates, a little dampstaining, tear to one leaf affecting one word, some dust-soiling, leaves toned; [bound with] [Idem] The Gard'ners Kalendar. Edinburgh: John Moncur, 1721. 8vo, some dampstaining, leaves toned; [bound with] The Florist's Vade-Mecum. 8vo, lacking title-page and all before A1; in 20th century half calf gilt; Cobbett, William The Woodlands... London: William Cobbett, 1825. 8vo, contemporary quarter calf gilt, a little light internal foxing; Maund, B. The Botanic Garden. London: Baldwin and Cradock, 1827-8. Volume ii only, 8vo, 29 hand-coloured plates, contemporary half calf gilt; Harrison, Joseph The Floricultural Cabinet and Florists' Magazine. London: Whittaker and Co., 1843-1850. 4 volumes only comprising 1843, 1849, 1850 & 1851, 8vo, hand-coloured plates, contemporary green half morocco gilt; Paxton, Sir Joseph Paxton's Magazine of Botany. London: Orr and Smith, 1834-1836. 2 volumes only, 8vo, hand-coloured plates, contemporary half calf gilt, some fading and rubbing to covers and spine, a little light foxing (11)