135 [Dodoens, Rembert. A Niewe Herball, or Historie of Plantes..., Translated out of French by H. Lyte, 1586 or 1594], woodcut initials and headpieces, black letter, lacking title and a few Table leaves at end, first and last few leaves repaired with losses, some burnholes and soiling, occasional annotation, hinges strengthened, contemporary calf, rebacked, rubbed, 4vo in 8’s ESTC 6985 or 6986. (1)
£100-150
138 The Floral Magazine. Figures and Descriptions of the Choicest New Flowers for the Garden, Stove, or Conservatory, by Worthington G. Smith, 2 vols. in one, New Series, 1874-75, half-title to vol. 1, seventy-nine hand-col. litho plts. only (of 96), occ. minor spotting (mostly to tissue guards), few plts. with number, annotation & occ. marks in coloured pencil, one plt. excised to imprint, few leaves detached, 20th c. qtr. cloth, 4to
136 Du Cane (Florence). The Flowers and Gardens of Japan, 1st ed., 1908, 50 coloured plates, a few light spots, t.e.g., original green pictorial cloth, spine slightly rubbed, 8vo, together with Conder (Josiah), The Theory of Japanese Flower Arrangements. Being a reprint of a paper read to him before the Asiatic Society of Japan on the 13th, March 1889 to which have been added thirty six plates in colour of modern Ikenobe and Moribana arrangements, 1935, 36 coloured plates, b & w illustrations, some light toning, original moire cloth, slightly rubbed with one or two stains, 8vo, with two others: Mrs Basil Taylor’s Japanese Gardens, 1912 (lacking front endpaper) and Mary Fenollosa’s Blossoms from a Japanese Garden. A Book of Child-Verses, 1913 (4)
Refer to Nissen 2853. (1)
139 Home (Francis). The Principles of Agriculture and Vegetation, Edinburgh, 1757, bound with Osmer (William), A Treatise on the Diseases and Lameness of Horses, 1st ed., 1759, leaf E3 (cancel?) detached, bound with Randall (Joseph), The Farmer’s New Guide for Raising Excellent Crops of Pease, Beans, Turnips, or Rape ..., by Mr. Ladnar [psued.], n.d., c. 1760s, two engraved plts., including one folding, both det., bound with Fordyce (George), Elements of Agriculture and Vegetation, 1st ed., 1771, three folding plates at rear, some occ. spotting and soiling, old damp staining to lower margin of first and last leaves, contemp. half calf, worn, 8vo
£200-300
(1)
137 Ellis (William). The Farmer’s Instructor: Or, The Husbandman and Gardener’s Useful and Necessary Companion, being a new treatise of husbandry, gardening, and other curious matter relating to country affairs ... with many new, useful, and curious improvements, never before published. First begun by Samuel Trowell, Gent. And now compleated with a supplement to every chapter on husbandry ..., printed for J. Hodges, 1747, half title with list of books printed for J. Hodges to verso, engraved frontis. of the four wheel drill plough, some marks and occ. soiling, frontis. with short closed tear to fore-margin, contemp. calf, rubbed and marked, joints partly cracked, somewhat worn to edges, 8vo Henrey 1442. (1)
£300-500
£150-200
140 Horticulture. Plans of Flower Gardens, Beds, Borders, Roseries, and Aquariums; accompanied by rules and directions for their formation, descriptions of the suitable plants, their arrangement and culture, by Contributors to the ‘Journal of Horticulture’, [1868], b&w wood eng. illusts. to text, orig. yellow chalk-glazed endpapers, orig. blind-decorated brown moiré cloth, a little rubbed and minor fraying to extreme corners, 8vo Includes a description of the Earl of Ellesmere’s Flower Garden at Worsley Hall, Charles W. Hamilton’s Ham Wood Flower Garden, near Dublin, Gathorne Hardy’s Ribbon Flower Garden at Hemstead Park, Sowerby’s Flower Garden at Putteridgebury, Cliveden, and elsewhere. (1) £100-150
£100-150
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