The Garden; or, Familiar Instructions for the Laying Out and Management of a Flower Garden; The Forest; Francis Lever, the Young Mechanic; being Incidents and Lectures Explanatory of the First Principles of Mechanics, with Some Account of the Most Celebrated Engines, Ancient and Modern; The Little Botanist; or Steps to the Attainment of Botanical Knowledge; The Natural History of Birds
Published by John Harris 1833-1836, London, 1833
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Seller: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, United KingdomRooke Books PBFA
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Condition: Used - Good
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A delightful and fairly scarce set of natural history works from John Harris' 'Little Library' series, with engraved plates throughout. Six volumes from this 'Little Library' series published by John Harris, comprising children's books on gardening, botany, birds and mechanics. Including a very scarce copy of 'Francis Lever' (1835).In the publisher's quarter roan except for 'The Forest', which has been rebound in a contemporary imitation of the original binding, with renewed yellow endpapers; and 'Francis Lever', which has been rebacked with the original back strip laid down and renewed endpapers.The entirety of this set offers the following titles:The Garden; or, Familiar Instructions for the Laying Out and Management of a Flower Garden (1833) - Third edition. Frontispiece and eighteen plates. 32pp. publisher's advertisements. Collated, complete.The Forest by Jefferys Taylor (1835) - Third edition. Frontispiece and thirty-five plates. 8pp. publisher's advertisements. Collated, complete.Francis Lever, the Young Mechanic; being Incidents and Lectures Explanatory of the First Principles of Mechanics, with Some Account of the Most Celebrated Engines, Ancient and Modern (1835) - First edition. Frontispiece and thirty-three plates. Collated, complete.The Little Botanist; or Steps to the Attainment of Botanical Knowledge by Caroline A. Halsted (1835) - First edition. Complete in two volumes, rarely found so. Volume I illustrated with a hand coloured frontispiece and fourteen plates (including two additional bound in); Volume II illustrated with a hand coloured frontispiece and twelve plates. 16pp. publisher's advertisements. Collated, complete.The Natural History of Birds by Frederic Shoberl (1836) - First edition. Frontispiece and thirteen plates. Collated, complete. In the publisher's quarter roan except for 'The Forest', which has been rebound in a contemporary imitation of the original binding, with renewed yellow endpapers; and 'Francis Lever', which has been rebacked with the original back strip laid down and renewed endpapers.Externally, smart, with most notable wear to the spine of 'Garden'. Majority of the set is lightly rubbed to the extremities. Internally, frontispiece and front free endpaper to Vol II of 'Botany' detached, but present, otherwise firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the occasional spots, typically most concentrated to the plates. Good. …
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Bibliographic details
- Title
- The Garden; or, Familiar Instructions for the Laying Out and Management of a Flower Garden; The Forest; Francis Lever, the Young Mechanic; being Incidents and Lectures Explanatory of the First Principles of Mechanics, with Some Account of the Most Celebrated Engines, Ancient and Modern; The Little Botanist; or Steps to the Attainment of Botanical Knowledge; The Natural History of Birds
- Author
- Jefferys Taylor; Caroline A. Halsted; Frederic Shoberl
- Publisher
- John Harris 1833-1836, London
- Publication year
- 1833
- Condition
- Good
- Book Type
- book
- Binding
- Leather
- Illustrator
- Not Stated; Thomas Landseer; J. D. Sowerby
- Item weight
- 1 kilogram
- Dimensions
- 5.5" by 4.5"
Rooke Books PBFA
Bath, United Kingdom
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Thompson Acquisitions Ltd
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