Flora: seu De Florum Cultura. Or, a Complete Florilege, furnished with all Requisites belonging to a Florist. In III Books.
by Rea, John
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- Hardcover
- first
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- Seller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London by J.G. for Richard Marriott., 1665. 1st. Ed.. pp.[24], 174, [2], 175-199, [3], 203-239, [5] plus 8 engraved plates of garden designs. Small folio. Hardback. Just occasional spotting, o/w. contents fine. Old inked pen-trial. Contemporary reversed calf boards, with Cambridge panel style decoration, neatly rebacked, all in very pleasing thor. vg. condition. Provenance: Henry Streatfeild (1706-1762) of Chiddingstone, Kent, English landowner with his ownership inscription to engraved title-page and his armorial bookplate. A very pleasing copy of the most important English treatise on gardening to be published during the second half of the seventeenth century (Henrey). Rea undertook writing of the book since he found that Parkinsons Paradisus needed the addition of many noble things of newer discovery. The work contains designs for gardens, and many pages dedicated to fruit (apples, cherries, pears etc) and tulips.
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- Bookseller
- C.Arden Bookseller (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 58320
- Title
- Flora: seu De Florum Cultura. Or, a Complete Florilege, furnished with all Requisites belonging to a Florist. In III Books.
- Author
- Rea, John
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st. Ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- London by J.G. for Richard Marriott.
- Date Published
- 1665
- Keywords
- Fine illustrated and antiquarian Gardening
Terms of Sale
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C.Arden Bookseller
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Hay-on-Wye, Herefordshire
About C.Arden Bookseller
Around 10,000 books for sale through our bookroom on Forest Road, Hay-on-Wye. We're happy to view and buy books in our specialisms.Located in Hay-on-Wye, the ‘Town of Books’, our focus is on natural history, including the Collins' New Naturalist series, zoology, entomology, ornithology, gardening, botany, bees & beekeeping.We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the senior trade body for dealers in antiquarian and rare books.Opening hours: - Mon. to Fri. 9.30am to 5.00pm - Sat 9.30am to noon
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- Folio
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- O/W
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- Rebacked
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