Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Flowering Plants
- London: Orr & Smith/William S. Orr & Co, 1834
London: Orr & Smith/William S. Orr & Co, 1834. Sixteen octavo volumes (9 ? x 6 ½ inches; 236 x 166 mm). With 717 hand-colored engraved or lithographed plates. Numerous wood engravings in the text. Including the rarely present volume XVI. With an additional 5 colored plates on ornaments, and one unnumbered plate.
Half green morocco over green cloth boards. Gilt decoration and lettering on the spine. Spines lightly sunned and extremities slightly bumped. Overall a very good complete set.
Joseph Paxton was the head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire for whom he cultivated and developed one of the most famous European gardens.
Nissen 2351
HBS 64304.
$15,000.
Half green morocco over green cloth boards. Gilt decoration and lettering on the spine. Spines lightly sunned and extremities slightly bumped. Overall a very good complete set.
Joseph Paxton was the head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire for whom he cultivated and developed one of the most famous European gardens.
Nissen 2351
HBS 64304.
$15,000.
Details
Title
Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Flowering Plants
Author
PAXTON, Joseph
Condition
Unknown
Publisher
Orr & Smith/William S. Orr & Co: London
Date
1834