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A TREATISE ON THE VINE, embracing its history from the earliest ages to the present day.
by PRINCE, William Robert.:
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- See description
- Seller
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Oxford, Oxfordshire, United Kingdom
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About This Item
New York, T. and J. Swords, G & C & H Carvill, E. Bliss, Collins & Co., et al., 1830.. TITLE CONTINUED: With descriptions of above two hundred foreign and eighty American varieties; together with a complete dissertation on the establishment, culture, and management of vineyards. FIRST EDITION 1830, 8vo, approximately, 230 x 145 mm, 9 x 5½ inches, 1 lithograph plate at page 165, "Vitus labrusca." usually found as frontispiece. Pages: viii, 9-355, modern quarter speckled calf, gilt lettered green title label and gilt vines between raised bands on spine, marbled boards, marbled endpapers, untrimmed copy as issued, pale foxing throughout. a very good copy. See: James Gabler, Wine into Words, A History and Bibliography of Wine books in English, No. G33030, page, 213: "Compared to anything else on viticulture by American writers, the Treatise was a work of an entirely different and higher order. Prince was the 4th proprietor of the famous Prince Nursery and Linnaean Botanic Garden at Flushing, Long Island"; Sandra Raphael, Oak Spring Pomona, page 251-252. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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- Bookseller
- Roger Middleton
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 47763
- Title
- A TREATISE ON THE VINE, embracing its history from the earliest ages to the present day.
- Author
- PRINCE, William Robert.:
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- New York, T. and J. Swords, G & C & H Carvill, E. Bliss, Collins & Co., et al., 1830.
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- wine americana prince nursery horticultural vines drinks grapes viticulture american grapes european grapes vineyards
Terms of Sale
Roger Middleton
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About the Seller
Roger Middleton
Biblio member since 2010
Oxford, Oxfordshire
About Roger Middleton
We are a postal business only, selling rare and antiquarian books on interesting subjects.
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