 Author Name: Thompson, Robert
Title: The Gardeneers Assistant: Practical And Scientific. A Guide To The Formation And Management Of The Kitchen, Fruit, And Flower Garden, And The Cultivation Of Conservatory, Green-House, And Stove Plants With A Copious Calendar Of Gardening Operations
Edition: 1st edition.
Publisher: Blackie & Sons nd [1859]
Seller ID: 17726
Green cloth gilt, VG+. xv+774pp, chromolithographic frontis & 11 chromolithographic plates, 268 woodcut engravings, index, a nice near fine copy, slight spotting to the text. The green cloth binding with blind tooled & gilt decoration is by John Leighton. Ex-Libris Nigel Temple, with his bookplate. First edition of a classic gardeners manual that went into many editions. Still useful today. John Leighton [1822 - 1912] influential & prolific Victorian Book binder & designer, who did much work for Blackie.
gardening, gardens, vegetables, flowers, food, book design, history
Price =
148.00 GBP |
