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The British Garden: A descriptive catalogue of hardy plants indigenous or cultivated in the climate of Great Britain; with their generic and specific characters, Latin and English names, native country, and time of flowering. With introductory remarks.
by Murray, Lady Charlotte
- Used
- Very Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Bath, London & Edinburgh: S. Hazard; Cadell & Davies; Creech, 1799. Two volumes, not illustrated, octavo, pp xxxii, 768, [25], edges untrimmed, some foxing throughout though irregular (many pages completely clean), otherwise very bright and unmarked, with the contemporary signature of Theresa Turner on both title pages, a badly cracked hinge in the introductory pages to the first volume though without causing any obvious weakness, original blue boards slightly marked and worn, rebacked with original paper spines and labels re-laid, now a little worn and marked and with only a few pieces missing. A remarkable copy, largely in its original state. Blanche Henrey 1157. [The work is extremely rare, seldom even appearing at auction. The first edition was published anonymously, this second edition was published in the same year. Lady Murray may have been influenced in her botanical interests by her father and brother, both of them Dukes of Atholl who planted extensively at Dunkeld and Blair.]. Second edition. Boards. Very Good.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 018578
- Title
- The British Garden: A descriptive catalogue of hardy plants indigenous or cultivated in the climate of Great Britain; with their generic and specific characters, Latin and English names, native country, and time of flowering. With introductory remarks.
- Author
- Murray, Lady Charlotte
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- S. Hazard; Cadell & Davies; Creech
- Place of Publication
- Bath, London & Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1799
- Bookseller catalogs
- Garden History; Early works;
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mike Park Ltd
Biblio member since 2005
London, Greater London
About Mike Park Ltd
For the last forty seven years we have been specialist in gardening, botanical and natural history books, but other subjects are stocked, also. Our website can be found at mikeparkbooks.com. Interesting catalogues of newly-acquired stock are issued three times a year. Please contact us to go on our mailing list. Our full listings can be viewed on our website at mikeparkbooks.com.
Glossary
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- First Edition
- In book collecting, the first edition is the earliest published form of a book. A book may have more than one first edition in...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Cracked
- In reference to a hinge or a book's binding, means that the glue which holds the opposing leaves has allowed them to separate,...
- Rebacked
- having had the material covering the spine replaced. ...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
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