Sun-Dials and Roses of Yesterday. Garden Delights which are here displayed in very truth and are moreover regarded as emblems.
by Earle, Alice Morse
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About This Item
Macmillan & Co., 1902. 1st. Ed.. pp.xxiii, 461 with b/w. photos. and illus. throughout. 8vo. Hardback. TEG. Contents fine. Some sections uncut. Original decorated boards with gilt lettering exceptional and in fine condition. A very pleasing copy. This work begins with a detailed treatise on all aspects of sun-dials, from classification, through construction, to the setting of sun-dials; followed by what are essentially a series of essays, on Roses and the theme of the Rose as an emblem, including a chapter on the Rosicrucians, a mysterious sect that arose in Europe in the 17th Century.
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- C.Arden Bookseller (GB)
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- Title
- Sun-Dials and Roses of Yesterday. Garden Delights which are here displayed in very truth and are moreover regarded as emblems.
- Author
- Earle, Alice Morse
- Book Condition
- Used
- Edition
- 1st. Ed.
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Macmillan & Co.
- Date Published
- 1902
- Keywords
- Gardening Monographs
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