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CATALOGUE DE LA VINGTIEME EXPOSITION DE FLEURS,
Ouverte Les 21, 22 Et 23 Juin 1840, A La Grande Salle Académique De L'Université.
Liége: Imprimerie De N. Redouté, 1840. The catalogue lists 460 flowers exhibited at the Exposition and provides brief accounts of several concurrent meetings and official reports. 8vo (20 x 12.9 cm); 43 pp.
Spine perished and front wrapper lacking; light stain along edge of margin on some leaves, one corner partially worn away.
ID#: 13174More details Price: £30.00 -
LE BOIS DE BOULOGNE.
Son Histoire/ Ses Transformations/ Actuelles.
N.P. (Paris?, 1945). This pamphlet was published to mark a conference in 1944 organized by Toussaint, "inspecteur général des eaux et forêts, conservateur en chef des parcs et jardins de la ville de Paris et du départment dea Seine." With a signed penned inscription from the author to Roger Blais dated 1958. Stapled pamphlet (27 x 21 cm); 18 +(ii) pp.
Original printed paper covers
ID#: 15775More details Price: £18.00 -
LA POESIA DEI GIARDINI.
Per Una Semantica Degli Stili Dei Giardini E Dei Parchi. Il Giardino Come Testo.
(Turni:) Giulio Einaudi, (1996). Italian translation of the second edition, first published in Russian under the title: POEZIIA SADOV: SEMANTIKE SADOVO-PARKOVYKH STILEI: SAD KAK TEKST. 8vo (20.7 x 15 cm); iii-xxxii + 343 pp. 16 color plates and 32 half-tone plates.
Orignal cloth in dust jacket.
ID#: 14738More details Price: £35.00 -
PETIT, FLEURISTE-BOTANISTE, ENTREPRENEUR DE JARDINS BOURGEOIS.
Paris: Au Cycas Revoluta, Boulevard des Italiens, No. 2, près les passage de l'Opéra, 1834. A well preserved early receipt from a Parisian florist with letterpress description of the firm's stock and penned notations showing details of a sale. At his shop called "Au Cycas Revoluta," Petit sold roses, peonies, plants for the orangery etc. He also rented plants for balls and soirées, and made up all sorts of bouquets. His nursery was located rue de Jessaints, No. 9, barrière St-Denis. On this invoice he has indicated in pen that he has sold 3 bouquets, 4 flowering plants and 24 "caisses" or flats for a total of 27 francs. With his signature. Single sheet folded three times, 18,7 x 11.5, with decorative printed border around merchant information.
In fine condition.
ID#: 15811More details Price: £195.00 -
A BOTANICAL LADDER FOR THE YOUNG.
London: The Religious Tract Society, n.d. (ca, 1845). Botanical instructions for the young in the form of a dialogue between mother and child. These instructions are for a fairly well read child and progress as one advances up the steps of a ladder. With text figures or sketches. 12mo (14.2 x 9 cm); engraved frontispiece of mother and child out botanizing, (ii) + 176 pp. with engraved text figures of plants or plant parts.
Original cloth,title gilt stamped ; well preserved.
ID#: 16381More details Price: £45.00 -
TRANSACTIONS OF THE AMERICAN HORTICULTURE SOCIETY FOR THE YEAR 1888.
Being A Report Of The Eighth Annual Meeting, Held At San José, Cal., January 24, 25 and 26, And Riverside Cal., February 7, 8 and 9, 1888. Together With A Full List Of Papers Read, With Accompanying Discussion. Also A Sketch Of The Overland Trip...
Indianapolis: Carlon & Hollenbeck, Printers And Binders, 1888. Among the papers reprinted are: "The Outlook Of American Grape Culture," by George Husmann; "Fruit Growing in Nevada," by Ross Lewers; "Thoughts On Forestry In California," by Robert Douglas; "Rare Fruits of the Santa Barbara Region," by H. C. Ford, and others on similar subjects. The appendix also includes a 112 page account, written by John Clark Ridpath, of the tour of California taken by members the Society traveling to and from the Annual meeting. 8vo (22.8 x 15 cm); 357 pp.
Original cloth; light wear and spotting of covers.
ID#: 14900More details Price: £25.00 -
L'ILLUSTRATION / LA MAISON.
In original paper covers printed in colors; a bit of thumbing on a double page spread of a chart in the text and slight loss of margin only, text not affected, at that point; else a very fine copy.
ID#: 16165More details Price: £80.00 -
VILLE DE TOULOUSE. Prolongement des Allées Jean-Jaurès.
Original heavy paper wraps, illustrated on upper cover, withcloth cord at spine; a fine copy.
ID#: 16422More details Price: £300.00 -
40 AGRICULTURAL COTTAGES IN CORNWALL.
With three tears, closed, in the sheet, and some rubbing at ink title on the bottom of the drawing. In a recent matt mounting. Very good.
ID#: 16318More details Price: £275.00 -
LES JARDINS DE FRANCE
Des Origines A La Fin Du XVIIIe Siecle.
Loose in publisher's original cloth portfolio with title printed in green on upper cover and spine, printed medallion illustration on upper cover; original portfolio ties,the very faintest foxing to edges only, otherwise very fine.
ID#: 15947More details Price: £250.00 -
LA GAZETTE ILLUSTRÉE DES AMATEURS DE JARDINS.
Année MCMXXXV.
Paris, (1935). No. 156 of 300 copies on papier velin superfin. This annual issue is devoted to an account of the chateaux and parks of d'Ognon and Raray written by Marguerite Charageat followed by notes of the Society and accounts of various garden visits made during 1934 & 1935. Ganay 393. Folio (52 x 34 cm); 32 pp. text with 22 gravure text illustrations + 6 mounted illustrations on four leaves inserted "hors-texte."
Loose in original printed paper wrappers, as issued.
ID#: 12604More details Price: £98.00 -
LES PINS.
London: Coracle Press, 1983. No. 29 of 750 copies. With introductory words in English and in French by Stephan Bann. An intriguing series of photographs of the barks of the pines in the Forêt de la Courbre on the French coast is presented here in a long folding plate extending to approximately 53 cm. Oblong "4to" measuring 7 x 15 cm with 7 pp. text + extending plate of color photographic reproductions measuring approximately 7 x 53 cm. blong "4to" measuring 7 x 15 cm with 7 pp. text + folding plate of color photographic reproductions measuring approximately 7 cm x 135 cm long.
Original stiff paper covers.
ID#: 14905More details Price: £59.00 -
“In the White Garden, Sissinghurst Castle”
n.p: 1978. Number 10 of 100 copies of this limited edition silk-screen print, signed by the noted natural history artist, John Tennent. A large and lovely late 20th century interpretation of the famous White Garden at Sissinghurst created by the author-plantswoman Vita Sackville-West. The image shows the clock tower, the abundance of white flowered and grey and soft green leaved plants and, as a focal point, the stunning sculpture, Vestal Virgin, cast in lead from the wooden sculpture by the Croatian artist Toma Rosandic. An artist’s interpretation of the “White Garden” 55. 5 x 38 cm with image impression at 44.4 x 31 cm.
The print has been mounted on mat board and, invisible beneath the exterior mount, shows some abrasion in the margins not at all affecting the impression or the artist’s signature. Print impression fresh and bright.
ID#: 16389More details Price: £225.00 -
OBSERVATIONS SUR LA NOMENCLATURE ET LE CLASSEMENT DES ROSES,
Suivies Du Catalogue de Celles Cultivées Par J.-P. Vibert at Saint-Denis...
Later binding in marbled paper over boards with gilt lettered red leather title piece on spine, new endpapers; some light browning to title page, a bit throughout text, as well; text impression of verso sometimes shows through on rectos. Well preserved.
ID#: 16375More details Price: £300.00 -
JE FAIS MES JOUETS AVEC DES PLANTES.
Créations des Enfants de L’INSTITUT BAKULÉ présentées par le Père Castor.
Original printed paper covers, some light scattered soiling, a bit heavier on lower cover; internally fresh and bright with one page only showing a bit of light scuffing; closed tear in margin only in one page; two tiny pin prinks on collophon; a small bump or impression that disappears mid-text; over all a very well preserved copy.
ID#: 16372More details Price: £110.00 -
DAS ACHILLES-SCHLOSS AUF CORFU.
Vienna: Verlag Von Carl Gerold's Sohn, 1896. The Villa Achilleion on the island of Corfu was built for the Empress Elisabeth of Austria in 1891. The house and its gardens were designed for her by Alexander von Warsberg, the Austrian consul in Corfu and one of the leading experts of his day on the history and art of ancient Greece. Achilleion, built upon a high mount with spectacular views of the Mediterranean, became for a short while an idyllic escape for the romantic and fanciful empress. Christomanos's effusive text describing the villa is accompanied by photographs of the house, gardens, interiors and extensive collection of statuary. Oblong 4to (24.6 x 32); 64 (+ 2) pp. with numerous illustrations + 13 color tinted plates from photographs.
Original cloth-backed, paper covered boards with photochrome illustration on upper cover, design on lower cover; a fine copy in browned glassine and lightly soiled original slipcase with printed label "Emballage zu Das Achilles-Schloss auf Corfu."
ID#: 16382More details Price: £260.00 -
REEF POINT GARDENS BULLETIN.
Original cloth backed, paper covered boards in original glassine wrapper.
ID#: 16379More details Price: £145.00 -
A NEW SYSTEM OF AGRICULTURE.
Being A Complete Body of Husbandry and Gardening In all the Parts of them. Viz. Husbandry in the FIELD, And Its Several Improvements...In FIVE BOOKS...
Original full leather boards with double gilt ruling, very skillfully rebacked in full leather with gilt ruled raised bands and what is probably the original gilt-lettered title piece; original front pastedown preserved with two bookplates (Hare of Docking, Esq. and L.K. Elmhurst); free endpaper and following blank recent and well-matched; much faded old damp-staining (washed?) appearing in upper margins of some pages, only occasionally appearing in text, at rear pages. The name Charles Martin written in faded ink on title page. A well preserved copy.
ID#: 16219More details Price: £600.00 -
CATALOGUE OF PATENT TERRA COTTA ENAMELED VASES.
New Orleans, LA & Elmhurst, Cal: D. Moriarty, ca. 1904. A trade catalogue of curious inventions in vases with hollow interiors allowing the roots to connect directly with the ground. Also, a decorative “truck “ or tray filled with dirt for the roots to grow into is available to make the vases moveable. Some vases are available in different colored imitation granite. Those shown in color plate are available in “Red Scotch granite,” “Blue Westerly granite,” “ Dark Barre granite,” “Vermont marble” and “Green Barre granite.” Prices are included and, for extra charge, the vases could be carved “as elegantly as desired.” Not found in OCLC. Stapled oblong pamphlet, 17 x 25.5 cm.; 12 unnumbered pp. with text figures and with 5 color lithographed plates.
Original paper covers with printed title design on upper cover; also rubber stamp indicating Grand Prize win at the World’s Fair on upper cover; on title page, two rubber stamps indicating Grand Prize award at the St. Louis 1904 World’s Fair; the faintest occasional foxing, else fine.
ID#: 16217More details Price: £150.00 -
THE PRINCE OF PALMS.
London: Sampson Low, Marston, Searle, & Rivington, (1884). First edition thus. A very readable text on the nature, location, and rise of Cocos Nucifera - the Prince of Palms- as the foundation of the author’s family’s highly successful cocoanut fibre works, Messrs. Treloar & Sons. A “From Tree To Factory” story. With a handsome chromolithographed frontispiece reproducing a painting of the inflorescence of the cocoa nut palm and ripe nuts by the artist, Miss Fenn. OCLC lists 5 copies in the U.K.; 2 in Australia; 4 in the U.S. Tall 8vo (24.5 x 15.5 cm); color lithograph frontispiece by W.H. & L Collingridge City Press + 50 pp. with text illustrations and some full page plates.
Original red cloth with gilt ruled frame on upper covers, gilt title and gilt stamped vignette on upper cover; cloth darkened at extremities and spine, slight wear and bumping to extremities; tissue guard to color frontispiece is lightly foxed, gently affecting title page but leaving the color frontispiece fresh and bright.
ID#: 16184More details Price: £100.00