By Robert Thompson
London   Blackie & Son
10" by 6.5" xv, 774pp.
A sweeping nineteenth century guide to gardening by Robert Thompson, adorned with some lovely colour plates.
By Robert Thompson

[1859] The Gardener's Assistant: Practical and Scientific. A Guide to the Formation and Management of the Kitchen, Fruit, and Flower Garden, and the Cultivation of Conservatory, Green-House, and Stove Plants. With a Copious Calendar of Gardening Operations

London   Blackie & Son
10" by 6.5" xv, 774pp.
A sweeping nineteenth century guide to gardening by Robert Thompson, adorned with some lovely colour plates.
£180.00
: 2kgs / : 821A56

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Description

Colour Plates, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Rebound

Dated from a copy held at the British Library. A complete and popular guide to gardening, with scientific as well as practical information on the management of the kitchen, fruit, and flower garden. Written by Robert Thompson of the Horticultural Society's Gardens. 

Illustrated with twelve fine coloured plates and wood engraving vignettes in text. Collated, complete. 

Condition

Rebound in half calf binding over cloth covered boards with marbled edges and endpapers, gilt tooling to spine. Externally sound with shelf wear, rubbed to joints, spine, and extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally bright and clean. Complete with twelve plates in colour and other wood engravings in text.

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