THE PARKS, PROMENADES & GARDENS OF PARIS DESCRIBED AND CONSIDERED IN RELATION TO THE WANTS OF OUR OWN CITIES AND OF PUBLIC AND PRIVATE GARDENS de Robinson, W. [William] - 1869

London: Macmillan and Co., 1878. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition Revised. 8vo. pp xviii, 548 frontispiece plate, title page, numerous full page plates and illustrations within text. Original green cloth binding with gilt lettering, gilt motif and decoration to front board and spine, very good with just a little rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight, endpapers professionally replaced, no inscriptions, otherwise pages clean and crisp. A very good, early reprint edition..

London : John Murray, 1869. First edition. Cloth. Good. 9.5" by 6". None. A study of the public parks of Paris from W. Robinson. First edition. Illustrated throughout with fifty engraved plates (including the frontispiece and three folding plans), and hundreds of engravings in the text. Including chapters on the Parc Monceau, the Square de Montrouge, the market gardens and more. In a blue cloth binding. Externally, sound, with just some slight discolouration, and wear to the extremities. Rear joint has splitting to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. New endpapers have been laid down, with tape reinforcements to hinges. Pages are bright, with just a few instances of foxing. Good

London, John Murray, 1869, First edition. . original pictorial & blind-stamped cloth, decorated in black & gilt, gilt lettering on spine, Robert Alexander's bookplate on endpaper, light fraying at spine ends, hinge cracked but firm, first two leaves lightly foxed, very good, interior clean. . thick 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; xxxii, 644 pp, engraved frontis, 48 engraved plates, 3 foldout maps/plans, 378 other illustrations including plans, title-page vignette, index. . Horticultural Society of New York Catalogue p. 189. Catalogue of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 268. Robinson was "the most famous and controversial gardening journalist of the nineteenth century" (Hugh Johnson). This is the second book published by the author, who has been called the father of English gardening. This work helped to establish his reputation. Many of his later works had roots in this work. Beautifully illustrated, with views and plans of Paris, plants, gardens, tools, prining arrangements,… Leer más

London: John Murray, 1869., 1869. 8vo. pp. xxxii, 644. 49 wood-engraved plates (incl. frontis.), 3 folding plans, & 378 text illus. (incl. 2 on title). A nice copy in original black, gilt & blind-stamped cloth (extremities slightly frayed, rear joint slightly rubbed). First Edition. Robinson, a landscape gardener and horticultural journalist, was for a time on the staff of the Royal Botanic Garden in Regent's Park, and was elected as a fellow of the Linnean Society in 1866, one of his sponsors being Charles Darwin. The present work is based on observations made during his visit to France in 1867 to report on the horticultural parts of the Exhibition in Paris for the Times and several other periodicals. Robinson saw much to admire and emulate in the monumental replanning of the centre of Paris in the 1850's and 1860's that saw the creation of many new public parks and gardens, squares, and boulevards. He examines the various public parks and gardens including the Bois de Boulogne,… Leer más