Complete Dictionary of Practical Gardening: comprehending all the modern imprrovements in the art

by McDonald, Alexander [ Dickson, R. W.]

$5,500 · Offered by Biblio

First edition

London: London: Printed For George Kearsley By R. Taylor And Co., 1805-1807. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good, Some Scuffing And Wear At Boards, Minor Foxing At Text, Plates Clean Except Some Minor To Moderate Foxing At The Uncolord 13 Plates. Quarto, Three Volumes, Contemporary Tree Calf. The Third Volume Contains 61 Hand Colored Copper Engravings Numbered 1-60. There are 13 Uncolored Plates Of Horticultural Growing Frames, Greenhouses and a Single Plate Of ue Guards. Orignal Garden Tools. All PLates Have Tissue Guards, Drawings By Sydenham Edwards Hand Colored Have Strong Color and Include Several Images Per PLate Set IN Artistic Manner. This Is The First Appearance Of Edwards Plates Which Were Used IN Later Issued Curtis Periodicals. Dickson Published this Dictionary Using The Pseudonym of Alexander McDonald. Plates Also Included in Dickson’s The New Botanic Garden and The New Flora Britanica in 1812; Provenance - All Three Volumes Have The Book Plate For William Kent. There Are At Least Two Important Contemporary English botanist Of that Name. In Addition, William Martin Was A Naturalist And Actor Who Collected Fossils And Wrote About It. The Seperation of The Plates From The text, by Either Martin or Kent Made The Books Much More Usable when Viewing Text And Illustrations At The Same Time. ( DeBelder 102, Nissen B B I 479, Sitwell & Blunt P.115)

• Publisher: London: Printed For George Kearsley By R. Taylor And Co.
• Year: 1805
• Edition: First Edition
• Binding: hardcover

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