Author: Charles M'Intosh
Title: The Book of the Garden: Structural and Cultural
Description: Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1853-1855. First edition. Cloth. Two volumes on constructing and cultivating gardens in the mid-19th century, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this two volume set in the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with 15 plates, 2 of which are in colour, and 18 folding plates, 2 of which are in colour, to the rear of volume I. Plate 22 was never published. Numerous in-text illustrations to volume II. Collated, complete.This comprehensive guide to gardening was Charles M'Intosh's magnum opus, remaining in print long after his death. Volume I focuses on creating structures, glasshouses and hothouses in the garden, as well as forming flower, culinary and fruit gardens. Volume II focuses on the cultivation of a large variety of plants. From the library of Doctor Malcolm Higgs, an important architectural historian who worked as an assistant architect to Stirling & Gowan, working on their particularly renowned Leicester University Engineering Laboratory. During his long career he taught at the University of Edinburgh School of Architecture, Canterbury School of Architecture, and University of Nottingham. Later in his life he was the Vice-President and Honorary Librarian of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and contributed and edited the "Journal of Architecture". In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart, with bright gilt to the front board, though faded to the spine and bumped to the extremities. To Vol I, cloth is lifting and tearing slightly to the head of the spine. The hinges to Vol I, and rear hinge to Vol II, are slightly strained. Internally, firmly bound. Some age-toning to the page perimeters, and the odd spot throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
Keywords: Gardening Cultivation Plants Cultivation Not Stated
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Title: The Book of the Garden: Structural and Cultural
Description: Edinburgh, William Blackwood and Sons, 1853-1855. First edition. Cloth. Two volumes on constructing and cultivating gardens in the mid-19th century, illustrated throughout. The first edition of this two volume set in the publisher's original cloth binding. Illustrated with 15 plates, 2 of which are in colour, and 18 folding plates, 2 of which are in colour, to the rear of volume I. Plate 22 was never published. Numerous in-text illustrations to volume II. Collated, complete.This comprehensive guide to gardening was Charles M'Intosh's magnum opus, remaining in print long after his death. Volume I focuses on creating structures, glasshouses and hothouses in the garden, as well as forming flower, culinary and fruit gardens. Volume II focuses on the cultivation of a large variety of plants. From the library of Doctor Malcolm Higgs, an important architectural historian who worked as an assistant architect to Stirling & Gowan, working on their particularly renowned Leicester University Engineering Laboratory. During his long career he taught at the University of Edinburgh School of Architecture, Canterbury School of Architecture, and University of Nottingham. Later in his life he was the Vice-President and Honorary Librarian of the Royal Institute of British Architects, and contributed and edited the "Journal of Architecture". In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally smart, with bright gilt to the front board, though faded to the spine and bumped to the extremities. To Vol I, cloth is lifting and tearing slightly to the head of the spine. The hinges to Vol I, and rear hinge to Vol II, are slightly strained. Internally, firmly bound. Some age-toning to the page perimeters, and the odd spot throughout. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .
Keywords: Gardening Cultivation Plants Cultivation Not Stated
Price: GBP 250.00 = appr. US$ 357.00 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 856M15
- Book number: 856M15
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