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Maddock, James.
The Florist's Directory, A Treatise on the Culture of Flowers: to which is added, a Supplementary Dissertation on Soils, Manures, & c...
Publisher: John Harding, London;
Date of Publication: 1822
Stock Code: 9456
New edition, improved. Octavo, pp. xxxii 260, [10]. Ten engraved plates, including frontis, eight of which are hand-coloured. Bound in contemporary half green goatskin and marbled paper covered boards; raised bands, gilt fillets and fleurons to spine compartments and gilt titles to leather spine label. Housed in a mid-twentieth century slipcase of green cloth and marbled paper. Slightly rubbed at corners and joints, minor offsetting from plates, gilt tooled presentation plate to front paste-down and a small, neat nineteenth century ownership inscription to title-page. A solid, square copy. An attractively bound copy of this important horticultural work, complete with all of the exquisite hand-coloured plates. The Florist’s Directory was the first book devoted entirely to "florists flowers" including the Auricula, Anemone, Carnation, Hyacinth,Tulip, Polyanthus & Ranunculus. £200.00