The Tradescants: Their Plants, Gardens and Museum 1570-1662
by Mea Allan
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- Fine
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Fine/Fine
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BATH, Somerset, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Michael Joseph, 1964. First edition. Cloth. Fine/Fine. 9" by 6" . Not Stated . A bright first edition in its colourful dust wrapper of this biography and study of John Tradescant and his son by Mea Allan. The first edition of this work. Illustrated with coloured frontispiece as well as twenty-six further black and white plates including reproductions of excellent portraits of the Tradescant family by Wenceslaus Hollar. Collated, complete/ Study of the work John Tradescant and his son, royal gardeners in the times of Charles I and Charles II. The Tradescants were one of the first botanists to collect specimens of plants, bringing to England its first lilac as well as hundred of the flowers and trees that we know in our gardens today. Written by Mea Allan, journalist of the twentieth century. Complete with unclipped dust wrapper. In the original publisher's full cloth binding. Externally lovely. Dust wrapper unclipped and excellent. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Fine
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- Bookseller
- Rooke Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 856A56
- Title
- The Tradescants: Their Plants, Gardens and Museum 1570-1662
- Author
- Mea Allan
- Illustrator
- Not Stated
- Format/Binding
- Cloth
- Book Condition
- Used - Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Michael Joseph
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1964
- Size
- 9" by 6"
- Keywords
- tradescants plants biology first editions plants
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We are a small team dedicated to bringing you very scarce books at reasonable prices. We specialise in rare and hard to come by works on all subjects over the last 500 years, together with modern first editions and decorative sets and bindings. Our library has something for every interest and specialism. We deliver worldwide using a fully tracked and insured courier delivery service.
Where are We?
Based in the literary city of Bath, our offices are housed in the Eastern Dispensary. Built in 1845, the building originally existed as a charitable institution providing medical care. The building now houses our collection of over twenty thousand books and has five full time members of staff.
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