New York: Orange Judd, 1890. Hardcover. 516 pages. 18.5 x 13 cm. Illustrated with 190 text figures. Two indices: General Index & Index To The Different Fruits. Fruit descriptions note State origins of the various fruits. Very firm fresh copy, interior bright and clean. beveled edges. More
London: C. Clement, 1821. Stereotype edition. leather_bound. Unpaginated. 19 x 12 cm. Four copperplate engravings. The author, also known under the pen name of Peter Porcupine, (as a controversial political pamphleteer) lived in the United States at the end of the 18th century before returning to England. Index. SABIN 13871..... More
London: Eliz. Bell, John Darby, Arthur Bettesworth, et al, 1724. Third Edition Corrected. leather-bound. 273 [3] pages. 19.5 x 12 cm. Copper engraved frontispiece, four copper engraved folding plates at rear -- illustrations for avenues, walks and lawns. First published 1676. the author was gardener to the Earl of Essex..... More
New York: Orange Judd, 1881. Hardcover. 259 pages. 19 x 13 cm. Illustrated with 131 text figures. 2 page of adverts at rear. Extensive Index. The book aims to present pertinent data for gardeners of all kinds, for those with a city lot or just a few window plants. Very..... More
Frankfurt: Der Goldene Brunnen, 1961. Hardcover. 33 pages. 27 x 19 cm. Limited edition, copy 82 of 150 signed by Kredel & Salter. Hand-colored engraved illustrations. Text in German. The title translates roughly as "By the Side of the Road." The subtitle reads: "Blossoms and leaves, both fresh and wilted..... More
London: William Smith, 1842. First edition. Hardcover. VIII, 379 pages. 25 x 16 cm. Thirteen hand colored lithographic plates with tissue guards, plus black and white woodcuts. Her husband -- John C. Loudon, a prolific horticultural and landscape design writer founded the "Gardener's Magazine," the first periodical devoted solely to..... More
Philadelphia: W.M. Rutter, 1871. leather_bound. 184, 180, 180, 207, 215. 27 x 19 cm. 277 colored plates -- 156 hand-colored plates (MIchaux) and 121 lithographic plates with hand-coloring (Nuttall), plus engraved frontispiece of Michaux. The Michaux plates were drawn by the Redoute brothers, and Pancrace Bessa. Originally published 1810-1813, translated..... More
London: John and Francis Rivington, 1748. Eighth edition. leather_bound. 343 & [9 page index]. 20 x 13 cm. Engraved allegorical frontispiece by John Pine, an accomplished engraver and friend of Hogarth. First published, 1731. The author was Gardener of the Chelsea physic garden of the Society of Apothecaries, and this..... More
London: H. Bruges, 1674. First edition. Hardcover. 15.5 x 10 cm. A4, B8-K8-L2 (without the first and final blanks). Title page printed in red and black. First edition, this issue with comma after "Ray" but not "words" of the title page, without continuous test despite irregular pagination. The "Country Words"..... More
London: Scolar Press, 1975. Reprint. Cloth. Unpaginated. 30 1/2 x 22 cm. Orig. published ca. 1660. Thirty-one plates as per the original from a copy in the Lindley Library at the Royal Horticultural Society. Limited edition, copy 128 of 500 printed on hand-made paper by F. Amatruda, Amalfi. Full-page color..... More
London & Philadelphia: William Heinemann & J. B. Lippincott Co, 1911. Robinson, Charles. leather_bound. 128 pages. 27 x 20.5 cm. Deluxe issue, 18 tipped-in colour plates by Charles Robinson, tissue-guards, pictorial endpapers, wide text margins, plethora of line drawings, printed on heavy stock. Spine slightly darkened, some age spotting back..... More
Edinburgh: John Murray, 1828. Second edition. Greatly improved and enlarged. leather_bound. 527 pages. 22 x 14 cm. Six engraved plates. Errata slip, advert dated 5th Nov. 1828 noting that unless the author has provided persons instructed by him with a hand written certificate; all others are impostors. Two bookplates, small..... More
New York: William Wood & Co., 1867. Hardcover. 511 pages. 20.5 x 13.5 cm. This expanded edition with 408 illustrations is newly arranged and rewritten based on Downing's (Fruits and Fruit Trees of America) first edition which appeared after the first edition of this title. General Index and Glossary. Scattered..... More