HOGG, Thomas. A Concise and Practical Treatise on the Growth and Culture of the Carnation...1822. Second edition.
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HOGG, Thomas (1771-1841). A Concise and Practical Treatise on the Growth and Culture of the Carnation...Tulip, Hyacinth, Rose and other Flowers. London: G. and W.B. Whittaker, 1822.
8vo (190 x 110 mm). Lithographed frontispiece with hand-coloring, 5 lithographed plates with hand-coloring; 14pp. publisher's advertisements. (Some very minor spotting.) Original boards uncut, modern typed label on spine (some soiling and light wear). Provenance: Old ownership inscription dated 1831 partially effaced.
Second edition, expanding upon the first edition, in which Hogg introduces "considerable additional, and...a variety of new matter connected with the subject...[including] full, yet concise and amended catalogues of each flower treated of; those of the Rose, of the Hyacinth, of Gernaiums, of Herbaceous Plants, [and] of annual flowers" (Preface to the Second Edition). IN ORIGINAL BOARDS UNCUT.
Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas
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