Gardening from William Chrisant & Sons' Florida Book Shop, ABAA, ILAB, FABA

Rebound in modern sage linen with many half-page handcolored botanical illustrations throughout with descriptive text. New endpapers. Some minor toning throughout not affecting images. Although the contents list 124 various plants, many in the same class are depicted with a single illustration. A nice clean copy with no previous owners' names or other defacements. A scarce early American botanical work… Saber más sobre este artículo

Two volumes in unmatched bindings. Vol I is full calf while Vol II is half calf over marbled boards re-cassed using the original spine. Occasional foxing. Vol I has previous owner's plate to front pastedown and a previous owner's signature to front endpaper. Vol II has a neat previous owner's name to title page. The re-casing has resulted in… Saber más sobre este artículo

12 botanical plates; some colored. Brown cloth boards with gilt particulars. Ornate penciled inscription of previous owner to free fly dated 1872. Gilt edges. Slight foxing throughout.

Half calf brown calf over marbled brown boards; gilt title over morocco label. Pen markings to title page (see image). Illustrated with many engravings on wood, xii,1230 pgs. 5 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches.