[GARDENING]. A group of 22 works, various 4to, 8vo, and 12mo sizes, most illustrated, most in original cloth, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good.
Sale 1022 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
May 4, 2022
9:00AM CT
Live / Chicago
Estimate
$800 -
$1,200
Sold for $688
Sold prices are inclusive of Buyer’s Premium
Lot Description
[GARDENING]. A group of 22 works, including:
HANDASYDE. The Four Gardens. Philadelphia & London, 1912. FIRST AMERICAN EDITION. -- [McINTOSH, Charles.] The Flower Garden, Its Cultivation, Arrangement, and General Management. London, 1845. “New edition.” -- DOWNING, Andrew Jackson. A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, Adapted to North America. NY, 1859. Sixth Edition. -- NICOLSON, Philippa, editor. V. Sackville-West’s Garden Book. London, 1968. Dust jacket. PRESENTATION COPY, SIGNED BY NICOLSON. -- JEKYLL, Gertrude. Children and Gardens. London et al, 1908. -- BUIST, Robert. Family Kitchen Gardener. NY, 1855. Second edition. -- CALLCOTT, Maria. A Scripture Herbal. London, 1842. -- [VICK, James.] Vick’s Flower and Vegetable Garden. Rochester, NY: James Vick, N.d. FIRST EDITION. -- BRIDGEMAN, Thomas. The Young Gardener’s Assistant. NY, 1857. Later edition. -- BOGGS, Kate Doggett. Prints and Plants of Old Gardens. Richmond, VA, 1932. -- And 12 others. Together, 22 works in 22 volumes, various 4to, 8vo, and 12mo sizes, most illustrated, most in original cloth, most FIRST EDITION, condition generally good. Complete list available upon request.
Selections from Antiquariat Botanicum, Dr. Eugene Vigil
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