From Bull's Head Rare Books, ABAA, ILAB, Lebanon, NJ, U.S.A.
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4to. 3 folding engraved plates, each with letterpress explanatory leaf. Half-title, list of subscribers, with additional leaf of subscribers and author's apology for errors, errata leaf at end of first part. Later nineteenth-century half calf, red morocco spine label; rebacked with spine laid-down, some foxing to plates, second plate trimmed with some loss to lower margin and legend, occasional marginal spotting or toning, mostly to explanatory leaves opposite plates Describes many of the exotic plants cultivated in England. Of particular note are plants from Australia collected by Sir Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander during Cook's Endeavour voyage. PROVENANCE: John Ireland Blackburne, Esq. (etched bookplate); D. Shirley (signature on pastedown)REFERENCE: ESTC T82581; Henrey 1384. Seller Inventory # 100833
Bibliographic Details
Title: An Essay Upon Gardening, Containing a ...
Publisher: Printed for the Author, by G. Peacock, York
Publication Date: 1793
Edition: First edition.
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