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A Synopsis of the Coniferous Plants Grown in Great Britain, and Sold by Knight and Perry, at the Exotic Nursery, King's Road, Chelsea
by Knight and Perry
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Longman, Brown, Green and Longman, 1850. Small slim octavo, pp iv, 64, (4), errata slip tipped in at page 9, five pages have minor early neat annotations or a line in the margins, corners a little bruised, otherwise clean and sound internally, soft green cloth, gilt decoration on the upper cover, slightly worn, a little faded. From the collection of the nurseryman Will Ingwersen, with his bookplate on the front cover. RARE. [The land at Chelsea was purchased around 1808, though most of the plants were cultivated at Battersea and further out, the Kings Road site quickly becoming an impressive showroom. It was eventually sold in 1855 to another major horticultural figure - James Veitch.]. First Edition. Cloth. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 017564
- Title
- A Synopsis of the Coniferous Plants Grown in Great Britain, and Sold by Knight and Perry, at the Exotic Nursery, King's Road, Chelsea
- Author
- Knight and Perry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- First Edition
- Publisher
- Longman, Brown, Green and Longman
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1850
- Bookseller catalogs
- Local History; Garden History; Victorian; Trees and Shrubs;
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About the Seller
Mike Park Ltd
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London, Greater London
About Mike Park Ltd
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- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- First Edition
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Cloth
- "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. The cloth is stretched...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Tipped In
- Tipped In is used to describe something which has been glued into a book. Tipped-in items can include photos, book plates,...
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