Flora and Sylva A Monthly Review for Lovers of Garden, Woodland, Tree or Flower; New and Rare Plants, Trees, Shrubs, and Fruits; the Garden Beautiful, and Home Landscape

E-98: William Robinson. Very Good. 1903. Hardcover. Hardcover. Folio. W. Robinson 1903-05. 3 Volumes. Volume 1: 18 tissue-guarded color plates, 48 text illustrations, [vi], 324 pgs Volume 2: 24 tissue-guarded color plates, 113 text illustrations, [vi], 392 pgs Volume 3: 24 tissue-guarded color plates, 99 text illustrations, [vi], 360 pgs. Bound in blue-green cloth with gilt titles present to the front board and spine. Top edges gilt, fore-edges uncut. Boards have light shelf-wear present (bumping present to the extremities). No ownership marks present. Foxing Present to the tissue guards. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. Bound in blue-green cloth with gilt titles present to the front board and spine. Top edges gilt, fore-edges uncut. Boards have light shelf-wear present (bumping present to the extremities). No ownership marks present. Foxing Present to the tissue guards. Text is clean and free of marks. Binding tight and solid. First edition of a wonderful periodical series on early 20th-century horticulture and garden design, edited by one of the most famous landscape designers of the period and illustrated with 66 spectacular full-page chromolithographic plates of flowers, numerous intricately wood-engraved text illustrations, and several half-tone photographs of flowers printed on coated stock. British landscape designer William Robinson was the leading exponent of the wild or natural garden, which he advocated in all of his writings, including Flora and Sylva, which began as a periodical in April 1903 and ran through December 1905—comprising 33 issues altogether. E-98; Folio 13" - 23" tall .