Collection de Differéntes Espèces de Serres Chaudes, pour Forcer des Ananas, des Arbres Fruitiers, et pour Preserver des Plantes Exotiques Délicates
$4,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books
Contemporary boards, rebacked to style. Contained in a modern quarter morocco backed box. Scarce illustrated work of designs for heated greenhouses to cultivate exotic trees and plants. Robertson, an Irish architect, devised these heated garden buildings with practical advice and tips for their construction. His plans show stoves for peach, pine and cherry trees, greenhouses and conservatories for the cultivation of particular exotic fruits and plants, and a plan
- Binding: Leather
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