Sun Dials and Roses of Yesterday : Garden Delights Which are Here Displayed in Every Truth and are Moreover Regarded as Emblems. [Pliny Saieth: Concerning Roses and Garlands; The Rosicrucians; etc]
by Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911
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- Hardcover
- Condition
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About This Item
New York : The Macmillan Company ; London : Macmillan & Company, Ltd., 1902., 1902. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. 1 p. l., xxiii, 461 pp. ; frontispiece, illustrations, plates. ; 20 cm. ; no dustjacket ; LCCN: 02-28497 ; OCLC: 938250 ; LC: QB215; Dewey: 717 ; Title within green ornamental border./ "The Rosicrucians": p. 366-389. ; green cloth with decorations, and with lettering in gold ; top edge gilt ; Contents: The charm and sentiment of sun-dials. -- Noon-marks, spot-dials, window-dials. -- Classification of sun-dials. -- The construction of sun-dials. -- Ingenious diallers. -- Portable dials. -- The sun-dial as an emblem. -- Symbolic designs for sun-dials. -- Pedestals and gnomons. -- The setting of sun-dials. -- Sun-dial mottoes. -- The sun-dial as a memorial. -- Pliny saieth: concerning roses and garlands. -- Rosa solis, rose plate, and rose e. -- The emblem of the rose in English history. -- Our grandmothers' roses. -- The Rosicrucians. -- The sun-dial of Ahaz. -- Rural saints and prophets. -- A story of four dials. ; foxing ; hinges shaken ; VG.
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- Title
- Sun Dials and Roses of Yesterday : Garden Delights Which are Here Displayed in Every Truth and are Moreover Regarded as Emblems. [Pliny Saieth: Concerning Roses and Garlands; The Rosicrucians; etc]
- Author
- Earle, Alice Morse, 1851-1911
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Publisher
- New York : The Macmillan Company ; London : Macmillan & Company, Ltd., 1902.
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- roses rosa rosaceae sundials pliny ahaz saints prophets rosicrucian gnomons pedesstals rosa solis scotland fugio note clock Addy Dean Ahaz ancient armillary sphere astrolabe badge beautiful bloom brass called carved Castle century chapter charm Church cir
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- Catalog 74 - Gardening; Catalog 80 - Roses;
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