1286. (Anderson, J.) Miscellaneous Observations on Planting and Training
Timber Trees, Particularly Calculated for Climate of Scotland, etc. Tree
calf, 230 pp., name on title, fine copy. Edinburgh, 1777.
$2.75
1287. A Ramble in the Woods. 16mo, Frontis., 120 pp. London, Circa 1830.
$1.00
1288. Browne, D. J. The Sylva Americana, or, A Description of the Forest
Trees Indigenous to the U. S., Practically and Botanically Considered.
Illus. by more than 100 engravings. First ed. Frontis., fine, clean
copy, full sheep. Brought at auction in 1901 (half calf), $15.50. Bang’s
sale. Boston, 1832.
$5.00
1289. Browne, D. J. The Trees of America, Native and Foreign,
Pictorially and Botanically Delineated and Scientifically and Popularly
Described. 520 pp., illus., first ed., finely bound in half mor. N.
York, 1846.
$2.75
1290. Bacon, Francis (Lord Verulam). Sylva Sylvarum, or, A Naturall
Historie in Ten Centuries. Pub. after Author’s Death by Wm. Rowley.
Calf, tall 8vo, 260 pp. (Also) A New Atalantis. An Unfinished Work. 47
pp. Second ed., with the rare portrait not in later eds., very scarce.
London, 1635.
$7.00
1291. Barnard, George. Hand-Book of Foliage and Foreground Drawing.
12mo, 125 pp., plates, 1 stained. London, n. d.
$1.75
1292. Blenkarn, John. British Timber Trees. Directions for Measurement
and Valuations of Standing Timber, etc. 275 pp., uncut, woodcuts. London
and N. York, 1859.
$2.50
1293. Booth, John. Die Douglas-Fichte und Einige Andere Nadelholzer
namentlich aus dem Nordwestlichen Amerika, etc. 92 pp., uncut, folding
map, photos. Berlin, 1877.
$3.00
1294. Boutcher, Wm. A Treatise on Forest Trees. Directions for
Disposition, Planting and Culture of Hedges, etc. 4to, 259 pp., extra
fine calf copy. Edinburgh, 1775.
$5.00
1295. Cabinet Makers’ Guide. Rules and Instructions in Varnishing,
Dyeing, Staining Wood, Ivory, etc. New Edition with Appendix. 16mo,
uncut, orig. calico boards. Table of Weight of cube foot of different
woods. Greenfield, Mass., 1825.
$1.75
1296. Childs, Geo. Woodland Sketches. A Series of Characteristic
Portraits of Trees. With Historical, Poetical and Miscellaneous
Descriptions by the Author of “Sentiment of Flowers.” 4to, inlaid to
folio size and extra illustrated by numerous fine old etchings and line
engravings of notable trees, etc., half mor. London, 1839. Fuller
description will be sent.
$30.00
1297. Coleman, W. S. Our Woodlands, Heaths and Hedges. Popular
Description of Trees, Shrubs, Wild Fruits, etc., with Notices of their
Insect Inhabitants. 12mo, 198 pp., colored plates, cuts. London, 1866.
$1.75
1298. Cooper, J. G., M. D. Forests and Trees of Northern America, as
Connected with Climate and Agriculture. Pp. 416-445. Report of Patent
Office for 1860. Frontis. and map. Wash., 1861.
$1.25
1299. Elliott, F. R. Popular Deciduous and Evergreen Trees and Shrubs,
etc. 16mo, 125 pp., illus. N. York, 1870.
$1.00
1300. Ellis, Wm. Farming and Husbandry in All Sorts of Soils, According
to the latest Improvements, by the Dublin Society. Nearly half of book
devoted to Forestry. Old calf. Dublin, 1735.
$1.50
1301. Emerson, G. B. A Report on the Trees and Shrubs Growing Naturally
in the Forests of Massachusetts. 17 plates, in orig. pr. covers, uncut,
fine copy, and rare in any state, much more so in such large paper.
Boston, 1846.
$3.75
1302. English Forests and Forest Trees, Historical, Legendary and
Descriptive. Frontispiece and numerous illus., 406 pp., fine copy.
London, 1853.
$2.00
1303. Evelyn, John. Sylva. A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the
Propagation of Timber. Terra; an Essay of Earth. Pomona; or, Appendix of
Fruit Trees in Relation to Cider, etc., and Kalendarium Hortense. Third
ed. Folio, calf, 412+38 pp., 2 title pp., name on first title-page,
scarce. London, 1679.
$6.00
1304. Evelyn, John. Same. Fourth Ed., with Terra, Pomona, Acetaria and
Kalendarium Hortense. Folio, paneled calf, cracked, 384+275 pp., illus.
Fine portrait of Evelyn. The best ed. London, 1706.
$8.00
1305. Evelyn, John. Same. Fifth Ed. In 2 books. With Historical Account
of Sacredness and Use of Standing Groves, Terra, Pomona, and Kalendarium
Hortense. Folio, old calf, rebacked, 329+235 pp., title rubricated, fine
copy. London, 1729.
$5.50
1306. Fernow and Tratman. Report of Substitution of Metal for Wood in
Railroad Ties. U. S. Dept. Agric, Forestry Div., Bull. Printed covers,
30 plates, valuable. Wash., 1890.
$1.25
1307. Fisher, Wm. Richard. The Forest of Essex, Its History, Laws,
Administration and Ancient Customs, and the Wild Deer Which Lived in it.
4to, 448 pp., illus., map, fac-simile grant. London, 1887.
$6.00
1308. Forest Trees. 31 Mounted Sheets of American Forest Trees. School
Cabinet of Forest Trees. Prepared by direction of Commissioner of
Education, with supervision of Botanist, Dept. of Agric., Wash., D. C.
The lot, loose in portfolio. Wash., 1876.
$3.00
1309. Furnas, R. W. Arbor Day. 12mo, Boards, Portrait of J. Sterling
Morgan, author of Arbor Day. Lincoln, Nebraska, 1888.
$1.25
1309A. Gisborne, Thomas. Walks in a Forest, or, Poems Descriptive of
Scenery and Incidents Characteristic of a Forest, at different seasons
of the year. 16mo, calf, nice copy. Phila., Hall and Sellers, 1803.
$1.75
1310. Goeppert, H. R. Monographie der Fossilen Coniferen, Mit
Beruecksichtigung der Lebenden. 4to, pr. boards, 286 pp. + 73 pp., plain
and colored plates. Leiden, 1850.
$4.50
1311. Gordon, Geo., Assisted by Glendinning, Robt. The Pinetum. Synopsis
of all the Coniferous Plants at Present Known, and comprising nearly 100
New Kinds. 353 pp., uncut. London, 1858.
$4.00
1312. Grindon, Leo H. Trees of Old England. Sketches of the Aspects,
Associations and Uses of the Forests, giving effect to the Scenery of
our Native Country. First ed., illus., 96 pp., fine copy. Boston, 1868.
$2.00
1313. Hale, P. M. The Woods and Timbers of N. Carolina. Compiled from
the Botanical and Geol. Reports of Drs. Curtis, Emmons and Kerr, etc.
Paper covers, 272 pp. Raleigh, 1890.
$2.75
1314. Harvey, Alex. Trees and Their Nature, or, The Bud and Its
Attributes. Told in Series of Letters to Author’s Sons. 12mo, 236 pp.,
illus. Author’s pres. copy. London, 1856.
$1.50.
1315. Hough, Romeyn B. The American Woods, Exhibited by Actual Specimens
and with Copious Explanatory Text. Vol. 1, Representing 25 Species by 27
sets of Sections. Vol. 1 only in orig. slip case, with clasp and 3
prospectuses of the work inserted. A fine example of this costly and
unique work, even odd vols. of which are now extremely scarce. Lowville,
N. Y. Pub. by the Author, 1888.
$7.00
1316. Heath, Francis G. Autumnal Leaves. 12mo, full gilt, 352 pp., 12
colored plates. London, 1881.
$2.50
1317. Heath, Francis G. Burnham Beeches. 12mo, full gilt, illus. London,
1879.
$1.75
1318. Heath, Francis G. Sylvan Winter. full gilt, 354 pp., illus.
London, 1886.
$1.75
1319. Heath, F. G. Tree Gossip. Orig. cloth, uncut, illus. 176 pp., good
copy. London, 1885.
$2.25
1320. Heath, Francis G. Our Woodland Trees. 572 pp., full gilt, colored
plates, illus. London, 1878.
$3.00
1321. Hoopes, Josiah. Book of Evergreens. Practical Treatise on Coniferæ
or Cone-Bearing Plants. Illus., 435 pp. An authority of much value, fine
copy, scarce. N. York [1868].
$3.00
1322. Hough, F. B. Elements of Forestry. Creation and Care of Woodlands,
etc. 381 pp., illus. Cincinnati, 1882.
$2.00
1323. Howel, James. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forest. The Last Ed.,
with the Addition of Two Other Tracts. England’s Tears for the Present
Wars and The Pre-Eminence of Parlements. 16mo, orig. old calf, cracked,
189 pp. + 22 pp., folding plate, frontis. London, n. d.
$3.00
1324. Huntington, A. E. Studies of Trees in Winter. A Description of the
Deciduous Trees of Northeastern America. With an Introduction by C. S.
Sargent. 70 full-page half tones from photographs by the Author and 12
colored plates by M. S. More. New, uncut, gilt tops. A Most useful
Manual. Boston, 1905.
$2.25
1324A. Jardins ou L’Art d’Embellir les Paysages Poeme par Delille.
Finely illus. by engraved plates and woodcuts. Royal 8vo, half mor.,
rare. Paris, 1844.
$5.75
1325. Jepson, Willis Linn. California, Trees of. Buckram, 228 pp., 125
orig. figures, plates, etc. A working manual of much value, as new, with
Autogr. Letter of author inserted. San Francisco (1909).
$3.00
1326. Johns, Rev. C. A. The Forest Trees of Britain. 431 pp. illus.
London, and N. York, n. d.
$2.50
1327. Junius, L. Moderatus Columella of Husbandry, in 12 Books. And His
Book Concerning Trees. Trans. into English, with illus. from Pliny,
Cato, Varro, etc. 4to, calf, 600 pp., + Index. London, 1745
$6.00
1328. Kellogg & Greene. Illustrations of West American Oaks. From
Drawings by the Late Albert Kellogg, M. D. The Text by Albert M. Greene.
Pub. from Funds Provided by James M. McDonald, Esq., Quarto, 84 pp., 37
plates. Orig. cloth, privately printed. Very rare and indispensable to
students of this branch. San Francisco, May, 1889.
$9.50
1329. Kennion, Edward. An Essay on Trees in Landscape, or, an Attempt to
shew the Propriety and Importance of Characteristic Expression in this
branch of Art, and the Means of producing it, with Examples. Illus. with
over 60 plates. This beautiful work was pub. with only 50 plates by
Boydell & Co. and J. Newman, Colourman, London, 1815. Over this imprint
H. G. Bohn has pasted his imprint of 1844, stating, “This Copy has,
besides the Usual Number of 50 plates, 4 large unpublished Landscapes by
Kennion and 6 Picturesque Studies of Trees, beautifully etched by H. W.
Williams. In all Sixty Plates.” There are 48 pages of Text. Some of the
plates are slightly spotted by damp. Royal 4to, half morocco, gilt.
London, 1844.
$15.00
1330. Kirby, Mary and Eliz. Chapters on Trees. Popular Account of their
Nature and Uses. 12mo, 320 pp., illus. London, N. York, etc. (1873).
$2.50
1331. Kollner, A. North American Foliage and Trees Drawn from Nature in
leisure moments on wanderings in the U. S. and Canada. 13 lithographic
views, size about 11 × 14 inches, showing characteristic trees, with
name of locality. Loose in illus. paper cover, as issued, no text was
published. (Phila., 1860.)
$2.75
1331A. Loudon, J. C. History and Geography of the Trees and Shrubs of
Britain. Vol. 1 of his Arboretum. With Index contents of the whole
Series of 8 volumes. Includes Introduced American Species, with Habitat.
494 pp., illus., half calf. London, 1838.
$3.00
1332. Marshall, Mr. On Planting and Rural Ornament. Practical Treatise.
Third ed. 2 vols., calf, cracked. London, 1803.
$3.75
1333. Michaux, Andre. Histoire des Chenes de L’Amerique, ou Descriptions
et Figures de toutes les espàces et varietés de Chênes de l’Amerique
Septentrionale, considerées sous la rapports de la Botanique, de leur
Culture et de leur Usage. Illus. with 36 fine copper plates. This fine
and sumptuous Folio of Illustrations of the Oak Trees of North America
preceded, by many years, Michaux’s well known and classic volumes on the
North American Sylva, and is excessively rare. The text occupies 7
numbered pages followed by a Key and Generic Characters of 4 pages. Each
of the plates is described by from 2 to 4 pages of text and the last
printed page refers to Bibliography of the subject. Royal folio, old
calf, back broken, front cover loose. Paris, 1801.
$60.00
1334. Michaux, F. Andrew. The N. American Sylva, or, A Description of
the Forest Trees of the U. States, Canada and Nova Scotia. Also, of the
Most Useful of the European Forest Trees. Illus. by 150 colored
engravings. Royal 8vo, as originally pub. in 6 vols., printed boards,
uncut. In this original 6-vol. issue, the first and second half vols.
are bound in 1, the remaining 5 half vols. are each separately bound.
This set is in unusually fine condition both as to press work and
coloring of plates. Instead of “150 plates” there are 156. Inside the
front cover of vol. 1 is a printed slip of Conditions of Publication and
Sale, giving the subscription price of the Colored Set as $36.75. This
is the first English translation of this great work. Phila., T. Dobson
and S. Conrad; Paris, Hautel, 1817-1819.
$57.50
1335. Minnesota. Brown, Elton T. History of the Great Minnesota Forest
Fires. 237 pp., illus. St. Paul [1894].
$1.75
1336. Nelson, T. J. (City Solicitor.) The Speech of, For the Corporation
of London before the Epping Forest Commissioners, Nov., 1876. Together
with Map of the Forest Showing Unlawful Enclosures. Tall 8vo, pr.
boards, 94 pp., large folding colored map, 3 feet by 18 inches, very
scarce and valuable. London, 1876.
$6.00
1337. Nelson, Wm. Manwood’s Treatise of the Forest Laws, Etc. Fourth
ed., corrected and enlarged. Calf, cracked, 435 pp.+Table. Some of the
Chapter Heads are:—“Hunting,” “Fox,” “Hare,” “Hind,” “Woods in Forests,”
“Dogs in a Forest,” etc. London, 1717.
$2.50
1338. New York State. Report of the Forestry Commission. Large colored
map and views, 4 phototypes, 57 pp., pr. covers. Albany, 1885.
$1.25
1339. Nicol, Walter. (Edited and Completed by Edward Sang.) The
Planter’s Kalendar; or, The Nurseryman’s and Forester’s Guide in the
Operations of Nursery, Forest and Grove. Orig. boards, cracked, uncut,
595 pp., 3 plates, 2 colored. Edinburgh, 1812.
$2.00
1340. Phillips, Henry. Sylva Florifera, The Shrubbery Historically and
Botanically treated, with observations on Ornamental Plantations and
Picturesque Scenery. A most valuable historic work on Old English Trees
and Shrubs. 2 vols., half mor., fine set. London, 1823.
$3.00
1341. Pontey, Wm. The Forest Pruner, or, Timber Owner’s Assistant.
Treatise on the Management of British Timber Trees (etc.). Examination
of the Properties of English Fir Timber, the Management of Oak Woods.
277 pp., calf, eight folding plates, some colored, showing grain of the
wood, very useful book. Huddersfield (1805).
$2.50
1341A. Pontey, Wm. Same. Third Ed. Boards, cracked, uncut, 277 pp., 8
plates. London, 1810.
$2.50
1341B. Pontey, Wm. Same. Fourth Edition. Boards, uncut, 248 pp. + Index,
first 3 lines of title torn off, supplied in MS., 9 plates. Leeds, 1826.
$2.00
1341C. Pontey, Wm. The Profitable Planter. Treatise on Theory and
Practice of Planting Forest Trees, etc. Fourth ed., enlarged, with
Appendix. Half calf, 267 pp., 1 plate, fine copy. London, 1814.
$3.50
1342. Plants and Trees of Scripture. 16mo, gilt edges, 192 pp. London,
(1860?)
$1.00
1342A. Robinson, W. The Parks, Promenades and Gardens of Paris
Considered in Relation to the Wants of Our Own Cities, etc. Royal 8vo,
orig. figured cloth, 648 pp., uncut; first and best illus. ed., fine
copy, rare. London, 1869.
$5.00
1342B. Robinson, W. Same. Second Edition, Revised. Royal 8vo, uncut, 548
pp., illus. London, 1878.
$3.00
1343. Rooke, Hayman. Descriptions and Sketches of Some Remarkable Oaks
in the Park at Welbeck, Nottingham Co. 4to, uncut, 23 pp., 10 fine
plates, extra fine copy. Very rare. London, 1790.
$8.00
1344. Rossmakler, C. U. Der Wald, Den Freunden und Pflegern Des Waldes
Geschildert. Zweite Auflage, durchgesehen, erganzt und verbessert von M.
Willkomm. 671 pp., illus., colored maps. Leipzig und Heidelberg, 1871.
$3.50
1345. Sargent, Chas. Sprague. The Sylva of North America. A description
of the Trees which grow naturally in N. America, Exclusive of Mexico.
Illus. with figures and Analysis drawn from Nature by Chas. Edward
Faxon, and Engraved by Philibert and Eugéne Picart, with Index. A
complete set, pub. at $350.00. which consumed twelve years in its
publication. It is the most important work extant on the Forest Trees of
N. America. With it is a letter from Mr. Sargent and another from the
publishers regarding the work. 14 vols., royal 4to, boards, uncut, in
fine condition. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, 1891-1902.
$335.00
1346. Sargent, C. S. Catalogue of Forest Trees of N. America. Paper
covers, 93 pp., printed on one side of paper, rare. Wash., 1880.
$2.50
1347. Sargent, C. S. Report of the Forests of N. America (Exclusive of
Mexico). 4to, 612 pp. Also large folio atlas of 16 colored maps. 2 vols.
Wash., 1884.
$4.50
1348. Sargent, C. S., and Robinson, J. The Native Woods of Essex Co.,
Mass. Account of General Distributions, Uses, Specific Gravity,
Strength, etc. Author’s ed. Paper, 34 pp., uncut, 2 folding tables.
Peabody Academy, Salem, 1885.
$2.00
1349. Searle, January. Leaves from Sherwood Forest. 16mo, 180 pp., first
ed., very rare. London, 1850.
$2.25
1350. Sudworth, G. B. Check List of the Forest Trees of the U. S., their
Names and Ranges. U. S. Dept. Agric. Forestry, Bull. No. 17. Paper,
Wash., 1898.
$1.25
1351. Synopsis of the Coniferous Plants Grown in Great Britain, and Sold
by Knight and Perry, etc. 64 pp. London, circa. 1840.
$2.75
1352. Thompson, James. Complete Treatise on Mensuration of Timber.
[Containing New and Interesting Improvements, etc.,] with Descriptions
of Sliding Rule and Gunter’s Scale. 16mo, calf, loose. Troy (N. Y.,
1805).
$1.50
1353. Timber Trees and Fruits. Illustrated with Wood Engravings. Library
of Entert. Knowl. 12mo, half calf, 422 pp. London, 1830.
$1.00
1354. Woodland Gleanings. 12mo, full gilt, 188 pp., illus., 1st ed.,
fine copy. London, 1837.
$2.50
1355. (Wordsworth.) Sylvan Sketches, or, A Companion to the Park and
Shrubbery, with Illustrations from the Works of the Poets. 408 pp.,
cracked, uncut, frontis. London, 1831.
$2.00
1356. (Wordsworth.) Same. Boards, uncut, 408 pp. London, 1825.
$2.25
Agriculture and Horticulture.
1357. Abercrombie, John. The Garden Vade Mecum, or, Compendium of
General Gardening, etc. First ed. 12 mo, calf, 585 pp., frontis. London,
1789.
$3.00
1358. Abercrombie, John. The Complete Kitchen Gardener, and Hot-Bed
Forcer, etc. 12mo, sheep, 509 pp. London, 1799.
$3.00
1359. Adlum. On Making Wine. 12mo, stitched, uncut, unopened, 36 pp.
Very rare first ed. of this pioneer American Wine Pamphlet. Georgetown,
D. C., 1826.
$3.00
1360. Agricola, G. A. The Experimental Husbandman and Gardener.
Containing a New Method of Improving Estates and Gardens, etc. Trans.
from the Original. Second ed., with Appendix by R. Bradley, Prof. of
Botany, at Cambridge. 4to, calf, 314 pp., folding plates. London, 1726.
$7.50
1361. Allen, R. L. The American Farm Book, or, Compend. of American
Agriculture. Illus. Also, The Hasty Pudding. Poem in 3 Cantos by Joel
Barlow, 11 pp. and Memoir on Maize by D. J. Browne. 48 pp. New York,
1850.
$2.00
1362. American Gardener, Containing Directions for a Kitchen Garden, and
for the Cultivation of Flower Gardens, Vineyards, Nurseries, Hop-Yards,
Greenhouses, and Hot Houses. By John Gardiner and David Hepburn, late
Gardeners to Gov. Mercer and General Mason. City of Washington: Pr. by
Samuel H. Smith, for the Authors, 1804. 12mo, 208 pp., old calf, fine
copy. Extremely rare.
$8.00
1363. Anderson, James. A Practical Treatise on Peat Moss, Considered as
Affording Fuel, or as Susceptible of Being Converted into Mold, etc.
Tree calf, 150 pp. Edinburgh, 1794.
$2.75
1364. Appleby, Thos. The Orchid Manual, for Cultivation of Stove,
Greenhouse and Hardy Orchids, etc. 12mo, 92 pp., illus. London, n. d.
$1.00
1365. Archer, Thos. C. Profitable Plants. Description of Articles of
Vegetable Origin Used for Food, Clothing, Tanning, Dyeing, Medicine,
etc. 12mo, uncut, 359 pp., 20 colored plates. London, 1853.
$2.00
1366. Asa Gray Bulletin. Pub. Agric. College, Mich. and Wash., D. C.
Incomplete. Vols. 4, 5, 6, 7, 8; 27 numbers in all. Vol. 8, complete.
1897 to 1900. Orig. paper covers, as a lot,
$2.75
1367. Barton, B. S. Epitome of Mr. Forsyth’s Treatise on Culture and
Management of Fruit Trees, etc. Also, Economical Principles in Building
Farmers’ Habitations. Calf, loose, 192 pp., plates, rare. Phila., 1804.
$2.00
1368. Beecher, Henry Ward. The Western Farmer and Gardner. Vol. 2.
Unbound, uncut, contains Beecher’s Almanac for 1847. This is the
continuation of vol. 1 of Beecher’s Journal which was called Indiana
Farmer and Gardener. Rare. Indianapolis, 1846.
$2.00
1369. Birkbeck, Morris. Notes on a Journey Through France in 1814.
Describing Habits of People and Agriculture of Country. Fifth ed., with
Appendix. Boards, uncut, 138 pp. London, 1815.
$1.25
1370. Black, John J., M. D. The Cultivation of the Peach and the Pear,
on the Delaware and Chesapeake Peninsula. With a Chapter on Quince
Culture and the Culture of Some of the Nut Bearing Trees. 397 pp., 8
plates. Wilmington, 1886.
$2.50
1371. Blake, Rev. J. L. Conversations on Vegetable Physiology,
comprehending Elements of Botany with their Application to Agriculture.
12mo, calf, 372 pp., colored and plain plates. Boston, 1830.
$1.50
1372. Board of Agriculture for Promoting the Internal Improvement of
Great Britain. Sir John Sinclair, Bart. Pres. Founded 1793. A series of
6, 4to vols., including a large number of titles, chiefly devoted to
separately paged monographs on the agriculture of the various Counties
of Great Britain and Ireland, by local experts, many of them illus. by
engravings and maps. The first vol. has a “Plan of Agreement Among the
Powers in Europe and United States of America for the Rewarding
Discoveries of General Benefit to Society.” By Sir J. Sinclair. Printed
both in French and English. 6 vols., half calf and marbled boards, in
fine condition, large paper copy, originally the property of John
Horncastle whose book label is in each vol. London, various dates from
1794-1795.
$18.00
1373. Bordley, J. B. Essays and Notes on Husbandry and Rural Affairs.
Second ed., with many additions and 2 extra copper plates by Bordley, of
Md. Nearly 600 pp., new cloth, uncut. Phila., 1801.
$1.75
1374. Bourne, H. Flores Poetici. The Florist’s Manual. Designed as an
Introduction to Vegetable Physiology and Systematic Botany, for
Cultivators of Flowers, with 80 beautifully colored engravings of Poetic
Flowers. Orig. ed., 288 pp. Boston, 1833.
$2.75
1374A. Bradley, Mrs. Martha. The British Housewife, or, the Cook,
Housekeeper’s, Gardiner’s Companion. Containing a General Account of
Fresh Provisions of all Kinds, Nature of all Kinds of Foods, Bill of
Fare for each Month, Recipes, etc., etc. 2 vols., calf, 752 + 469 pp., 8
plates, frontis. to 1st vol. Old MS. notes throughout of much interest,
curious and rare. London, circa. 1780?.
$6.00
1375. Brewing. Complete Family Brewer, or, Best Method of Brewing or
Making Strong Ale and Small Beer, For Use of Private Families, etc.
12mo, uncut, orig. covers, 24+12 pp. Phila., 1805.
$1.75
1376. Bright, Wm. Bright’s Single Stem, Dwarf and Renewal System of
Grape Culture, etc. 12mo, 123 pp. Phila., 1860.
$1.25
1377. California. Biennial Report of State Board of Horticulture. Second
for 1885-86. Colored plates, $1.25. Third for 38th and 39th years,
$1.00. Fourth for 1893-4, 75c. Eighth for 1901-2,
75c.
1378. California. Ann. Reports of State Board of Horticulture. First,
3rd and 4th, for 1889, 1891-2. The third in paper. 3 vols.
$2.00
1379. California. First and Second Ann. Report of the Chief Executive
Viticultural Officer. Paper, 2 vols. Sacramento, 1882-84.
$1.50
1380. Carroll, B. R., Editor. The Southern Agriculturist and Register of
Rural Affairs Adapted to Southern Section of U. S. Vol. 12, No. 7. Paper
covers, pp. 337 to 402, inclus. Rare R. R. and Canal Maps. Charleston,
S. C., July, 1839.
$1.25
1381. Cobbett, Wm. The English Gardener. Treatise on Situation, Soil,
etc., of Kitchen Gardens, Cultivation of Fruit Trees, Shrubs and
Flowers, etc. Orig. boards, uncut, paper label, 338 pp., plates and
cuts. London, 1833.
$2.75
1382. Cobbett, Wm. A Treatise on Cobbett’s Corn. Instructions for
Propagating and Cultivating, Harvesting, Preserving Crop, etc. 12mo,
half calf, much relative to America. London, 1828.
$2.50
1383. Complete Farmer. A General Dictionary of Husbandry, with a Great
Variety of New Discoveries and Improvements, The Gardener’s Kalendar,
etc. By a Society of Gentlemen. Third ed., corrected and improved. 4to,
calf, fully illus., folding copper plates, fine copy. London, 1777.
$5.00
1384. Cooling, Edwin. The Domestic Gardener’s Assistant, etc. 12mo, 60
pp. Derby, 1837.
$1.25
1385. Copeland, Robt. Morris. Country Life. Hand-Book of Agriculture,
Horticulture, etc. Fifth ed., revised. 804 pp. + Supplement of nearly
100 pp., illus. Boston, 1866.
$3.00
1386. Cottage Gardener. Country Gentlemen’s Companion and Poultry
Chronicle. A Journal of Horticulture, Rural and Domestic Economy, Botany
and Natural History. Conducted by George W. Johnson and Robert Hogg.
Vols. 24-27, inclus.; 38, 39, 43-48, inclus. Bound in 12 4to vols., half
calf, marbled paper sides, very fully illus., by finely executed
woodcuts. London, 1860-72. The lot,
$18.00
1387. Country Gentleman’s Pocket Companion and Builder’s Assistant for
Rural Decorative Architecture, Designs for Summer Houses, Grotto’s etc.,
in the Augustine, Gothick and Chinese Taste. Engraved on 25 Copper
Plates from Designs by Wm. and John Halfpenny. Calf. London, 1753.
$2.50
1388. Coventry, Dr. Notes on the Cultivation and Cropping of Arable
Land. Paper covers, 48+32+8 pp. Edinburgh, 1812.
$2.00
1389. Curtis, Wm. Practical Observations on the British Grasses,
Especially such as are Adapted to the Laying Down or Improving of
Meadows and Pastures. Additions by John Lawrence and Short Account of
Diseases of Corn, etc. By Sir Joseph Banks. Boards, uncut, colored
plates, 116 pp. Fifth ed. London, 1812.
$2.00
1390. Cyder. A Poem in 2 Books. Fine old paneled calf, gilt, extra wide
margins, 89 pp., frontis. London, 1708.
$4.50
1391. Darwin, E. Phytologia, or, The Philosophy of Agriculture and
Gardening. With Theory of Draining Morasses. Calf, binding broken,
plates (one of insects and another of the embryo-chick). Chapters on the
arteries, veins, glands, muscles, brain and organs of reproduction of
vegetables. Dublin, 1800.
$2.00
1392. Delaware, Peninsula Horticultural Society. Transactions of 15th,
17th to 21st Annual Sessions, inclus. Printed paper covers, illus.
Dover, Del., 1902, 1904-08, inclus. 6 pieces.
$2.00
1393. Dicks, John. A New Gardener’s Dictionary. Containing the Most
Approved Methods of Cultivating Trees, Plants and Flowers. The
Shrubbery, Kitchen Garden, etc. Folio, old calf, plates, engr. frontis.
London, 1769.
$4.00
1394. Dictionarium, Rusticum and Urbanicum. A Dictionary of all Sorts of
Country Affairs, Handicraft, Trading and Merchandizing. Illus. with cuts
of all sorts of Nets, Traps, Engines, etc. Paneled calf, illus. London,
1704.
$4.00
1395. Dictionarium, Rusticum, Urbanicum and Botanicum or, Dictionary of
Husbandry, Gardening, Trade, Commerce, etc. 2 vols. Third ed., revised,
corrected, etc. Calf, illus. London, 1726.
$6.00
1396. Dictionarium, Rusticum, Etc. Same. Fourth Ed., Revised, etc. 2
vols. in 1, 12mo, half mor., illus. London, 1765.
$5.00
1397. Donn, Jas. Hortus Cantabrigiensis, or, An Accented Catalogue of
Indigenous and Exotic Plants cultivated in the Cambridge Botanic Garden.
Improved by Pursh. Additions by Lindley. 415 pp., boards, uncut, broken.
London, 1826.
$1.50
1398. Du Monceau, Duhamel. The Elements of Agriculture. Trans. from
French and Revised by Philip Miller. 2 vols. Calf, folding plates, rare.
London, 1764.
$3.50
1399. Early Agriculture of New York. Memoirs of the Board of Agriculture
of the State of New York. Vol. 1. xlviii + 16 + 364 + 109 pp., first
ed., printed boards, uncut. Contains Report of Geological Survey of
County of Albany, by T. Romeyn Beck. Also orig. letters from Geo.
Washington to Sinclair and James Madison’s Address to the Va. Agric.
Soc, in 1818. Albany, N. Y., 1821.
$3.50
1400. Edwards, Rev. J. Glenny’s Catechism of Gardening. Instructions for
Culture of Vegetables and Fruit Trees, etc. Second ed. 12mo, pr. covers,
72 pp. London (1849).
$1.00
1401. Fairfield Orchids, Descriptive Catalogue of Species Grown by James
Brooke & Co., Manchester, etc. 128 pp., uncut. London, 1872.
$2.00
1402. Flagg, W. J. Three Seasons in European Vineyards, Treating of Vine
Culture, Vine Disease, Wine Making, etc. 12mo, first ed., illus. New
York, 1869.
$1.00
1403. Flint, James. Letters from America. Observations on Climate and
Agriculture of Western States, Manners of People, Prospects of
Emigrants, etc. Half calf, cracked, 330 pp. Contains many notices of
trees and shrubs. Edinburgh, 1822.
$3.50
1404. Floricultural Cabinet, The, and Florist’s Magazine. Conducted by
Jos. Harrison. 6 vols., half calf, numerous colored plates. London,
1833-1838.
$7.50
1405. Florist’s Journal and Gardener’s Record. With a Dictionary of
Hardy Trees and Shrubs. 3 vols. (all published). Half calf, colored
plates and title-page. Contains 3 Dictionaries. 1, Fruit and Vegetables;
2, Trees and Shrubs; 3, Flowers. Rare. London, Pr. by C. and J. Aplard,
for R. Groombridge & Sons, circa. 1830.
$5.00
1406. Florist’s Manual, The. Hints for Construction of a Gay Flower
Garden, etc. 12mo, boards, uncut, 74 pp., illus. London, 1816.
$1.25
1407. Forbes, James. Hortus Woburnensis. A Descriptive Catalogue of
Upwards of 6000 Ornamental Plants Cultivated at Woburn Abbey, etc. Half
calf, uncut, 440 pp., folding plates. London, 1833.
$5.00
1408. Force, Peter. Summary of the Principal Chinese Treatises upon the
Culture of the Mulberry and the Rearing of Silk Worms. Translated from
the Chinese. 198 pp., 10 plates (Chinese). Wash., 1838.
$1.50
1409. Gardener’s Magazine and Register of Rural and Domestic
Improvement. Conducted by J. C. Loudon, F. L. S. Vols. 1 to 7, inclus.,
illus., half calf, marbled boards, fine set. 7 vols. London, 1826-1631.
$14.00
1410. Gardener’s Monthly and Horticultural Advertiser. Edited by Thomas
Meehan. The first 5 vols. of this estimable work profusely illus. by
woodcuts and plain and colored plates. All the Advertisements bound in 3
bound vols. Vol. 1, folio, half mor. Vols. 2 to 5, inclus., in 2 vols.
4to, full mor. These early vols. are hard to find. Phila., 1859-63.
$6.00
1411. Gardens. De Re Hortensi Libellus Vulgaria, Herbarum, Florum, ac
fruticum, qui in hortis conseri solent nemina Latinis vocibus efferre
docens ex probatis authoribus. 12mo, vellum, 112 pp. Roberti Stephani.
Printed by a celebrated typographer. Parisiis, 1535.
$4.50
1412. Gardiner, J. and Hepburn, D. The American Gardener Containing
ample directions for working a Kitchen Garden every month in the Year
and copious instructions for the cultivation of Flower Gardens,
Vineyards, Nurseries, etc. 208 pp., 12mo, calf. City of Washington, Pr.
by S. H. Smith for the Author, 1804.
$8.00
1413. Gentil, Francis. Le Jardinier Solitaire, The Solitary or
Carthusian Gard’ner, Dialogues between a Gentleman and a Gard’ner,
containing Methods to Make and Cultivate all Sorts of Gardens,
Reflections on the Culture of Trees, etc. (Also) The Compleat Florist,
etc., by the Sieur Louis Liger D’Auxerre. Newly Done into English. Old
calf, broken, 488 pp., many quaint plates and cuts, part of one plate
torn away, title soiled, very rare. London, 1706.
$7.00
1414. Gilpin, Wm. S. Practical Hints upon Landscape Gardening, with
Remarks on Domestic Architecture, etc. Second ed., 235 pp., uncut, 16
plates. London, 1835.
$3.50
1415. Gooseberry Growers’ Register. Account of Different Gooseberry
Shows Held in Lancashire and Cheshire, etc. For 1843, 1846, 1859, 1869,
1878. 5 vols. 12mo, cloth and paper covers, 5 pieces. Manchester and
Macclesfield.
$3.75
1416. Grainger, James, M. D. The Sugar Cane. A Poem in Four Books. With
Notes. 4to, boards, uncut, 167 pp., frontis., fine copy, rare. London,
1764.
$3.00.
1417. Grass Culture. (1) The Advantages and Methods of Watering Meadows
by Art. With 2 plates. By Rev. T. Wright. Cirencester, 1790. (2)
Treatise on Alabaster or Gypsum; a Cheap Manure, Particularly for Grass
Lands. By Rich’d Weston. London, 1791. (3) Practical Observations on the
British Grasses Adapted to Improving Meadows, etc. With Enumeration of
the British Grasses. Second ed., with Additions. By Wm. Curtis. London,
1790. 3 works bound together. Boards, 48 + 48 + 67 pp. plates.
$3.50
1418. Great American Aloe. Cowell, John. The Curious and Profitable
Gardener, Containing Experiments for Improving Land by Grain and Seeds.
Exact Description of American Aloe, etc. In 2 parts. Sheep, 126 + 67
pp., folding plate, very scarce. London, 1730.
$6.00
1419. Grew, Nehemiah. An Idea of a Phytological History Propounded, With
a Continuation of the Anatomy of Vegetables, Particularly Prosecuted
Upon Roots, etc. 12mo, old calf, 144 pp. + Explication of plates,
folding plates. London, 1673.
$5.00
1420. Grundy, Cuthbert C. Notes on the Food of Plants. 12mo, 142 pp.
London, 1871.
$1.50
1421. Guide to Gentlemen and Farmers for Brewing the Finest Malt
Liquors, etc. Fourth ed., with Receipts for Physical Ales, etc. 12mo, 40
pp. London, 1724.
$1.25
1422. Hale, Thos. A Compleat Body of Husbandry. To Which is Annexed, The
Whole Management of the Orchard, the Brewhouse and the Dairy. Compiled
from Original Papers of Thomas Hale, and Enlarged from Collections of
Col. Stevenson, Mr. Randolph, Mr. Hawkins, etc. Illus. with a great
number of cuts, some of which, particularly the Plans of small Farm
Houses are not contained in the English Edition. 4 vols., calf, folding
plates, name on title-page. Dublin, 1757.
$6.00
1423. Hale, Thos. A Compleat Body of Husbandry, etc. Same. Folio, old
calf, cracked, 719 pp., illus. Relates to Forestry, etc. London, 1756.
$6.00
1424. Hales, Steph. Vegetable Staticks. Account of Some Statical
Experiments on the Sap in Vegetables, etc. Calf, 376 pp., illus. London,
1727.
$3.00
1425. Hanson, H. C., Editor. Florist, The, and Horticultural Journal,
Horticulture, Botany, Entomology, etc. Vols. 2 and 3. 2 vols., half
mor., fine colored plates, scarce. Phila., 1853-54.
$1.75
1426. Harrison, Charles. Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit
Trees. Second ed., boards, uncut, paper label, 356 pp., woodcuts.
London, 1825.
$3.00
1427. Harrison, J. The Floricultural Cabinet and Florists’ Magazine.
Vols. 5 and 6 in 1 vol., half calf, col. plates. London, 1837-38.
$2.25
1428. Haynes, Thos. An Essay on Soils and Composts Necessary in
Propagation and Culture of Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Plants and Flowers,
etc. Boards, uncut, 95 pp., very scarce. London, 1821.
$2.50
1429. Hewitt, Robert, Jr. Coffee, its History, Cultivation and Uses.
Illus. with Original Designs by Eminent American Artists and a Map of
the World Showing Where Coffee is Produced and Used. 8vo, original
figured cloth, uncut, 102 pp., illus., colored frontis. Autograph pres.
copy from the Author to John Ashcroft. New York, 1872.
$2.50
1430. Hughes, John A. Garden Architecture and Landscape Gardening. 179
pp., uncut, illus. London, 1866.
$2.75
1431. Hoffy, A., Editor and Proprietor. The Orchardists’ Companion. A
Quarterly Journal Devoted to the Fruits of the United States.
Embellished with Richly Colored Designs of the Natural Size. Painted
from the Fruits when in their Finest Conditions. Vols. 1 and 2, or
rather. Vol. 1 as issued in 2 parts, simultaneously, constituting the
first Year’s publication of this Work between the months of April, 1841,
and March, 1842. Part 1 of text relating to history and gardening
operations. Part 2 of plates and their descriptions. There are 68
numbered pages of the former, and 48 colored plates, with their
accompanying text unnumbered in the latter part. Bound together in 1
vol., 4to, half roan, in good condition. Very rare. Phila., 1841.
$7.00
1432. Hoffy’s N. Amer. Pomologist, Containing Numerous Finely Colored
Drawings, Descriptions, etc., of Fruits of American Origin. Ed. by W. D
Brinckle. Book No. 1, all pub’d, 4to, somewhat foxed, portrait. Phila.,
1860.
$3.00
1433. Hogg, Robert. The Apple and Its Varieties. History and Description
of the Varieties of Apples Cultivated in Great Britain. 306 pp., illus.
London, 1859.
$2.00
1434. Hogg, Thos. A Concise and Practical Treatise on the Growth and
Culture of the Carnation, Pink, Rose and other Flowers, Including
Dissertation on Soils and Manures, etc. Fifth ed., with Additions. 12mo,
275 pp., colored plates, uncut. London (1832).
$2.00
1435. Hogg, Robt. The Fruit Manual. Descriptions and Synonyms of Fruits
and Fruit Trees commonly met with in the Gardens and Orchards of Great
Britain, etc. 12mo, 280 pp. London, 1860.
$1.75
1436. Hole, Rev. S. Reynolds. The Six of Spades. A Book About the Garden
and the Gardener. Small 4to, 236 pp., unopened, as new, rare. Edinburgh
and London, 1872.
$2.50
1437. Hooper, E. J. Hooper’s Western Fruit Book. Collection of Facts
from Notes and Experience of Successful Fruit Culturists for Use in
Orchard and Garden. 333 pp., frontis., portrait of Pomologists, colored
plates. Cincinnati, 1857.
$2.50
1438. Horticulurist and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste. Devoted to
Horticulture, Landscape Gardening, Rural Architecture, Botany, Pomology,
Entomology, Rural Economy, etc. Edited by Downing, Barry and Smith. 13
vols., half mor., plain and colored plates. Albany, 1847-58.
$15.00
1439. Hortus Anglicus, or, The Modern English Garden. Arranged According
to the System of Linnæus, etc. By Author of The British Botanist. 2
vols., boards, 12mo, uncut, 511+589 pp., include Amer. spp. London,
1822.
$3.75
1440. Hudson, John. The Florist’s Companion. Containing Culture and
Properties of Plants Adapted to Northern Parts of this Kingdom, etc.
12mo, boards, cracked, 83 pp., uncut, Bewick cuts. Newcastle Upon-Tyne,
(1794).
$1.50
1441. Iowa. Bulletin From the Botanical Dept of the State Agric.
College, Ames, Iowa, by Byron D. Halsted. Pr. paper covers, 3 plates,
cuts, 118 pp., rare, fine copy. Ames, 1888.
$1.25
1442. Irrigation. United States Geol. Survey. Water Supply and
Irrigation Papers. Nos. 65 to 118, inclus.; also Nos. 123, 137 to 140,
142, 147, 151, 152, 159, 160, 162, 164, 172, 174, 175, 177, 179, 180.
Pr. paper covers, illus. Wash., 1902 to 1906. The lot.
$4.00
1443. Johnson and Hogg (Editors). The Journal of Horticulture, Cottage
Gardener and Country Gentleman. Vols. 4 to 8, inclus., new series,
finely illus. 5 vols., 4to, half mor., gilt tops, fine set. London,
1863-5.
$1.75
1444. Johnson, Louisa. Every Lady Her Own Flower Gardener. 16mo, full
gilt, 136 pp., illus., colored frontis. London, 1850.
$1.00
1445. Jones, Wm. The Gardener’s Receipt Book. Interesting Facts and
Practical Information Useful in Horticulture. Fourth ed., enlarged.
16mo, full gilt, 83 pp. London, 1858.
$1.25
1446. Kansas State Agric. College. Second Ann. Rept. Exper. Station
Manhattan. Pr. covers, 370 pp., 11 plates. Topeka, 1890.
$1.25
1447. Kenrick, Wm. New American Orchardist, etc., With Description of
Ornamental Forest Trees, Shrubs, etc. Rare 1st ed. 12mo, half mor., 424
pp. Boston, 1833.
$2.25
1448. Kenrick, Wm. Same. And the Culture of Silk, Appendix on
Vegetables, etc. Second ed., 12mo, 419 pp. Boston, 1835.
$1.75
1448A. Kenrick, Wm. Same. Seventh Ed., Enlarged and Improved, with
Supplement. 449 pp. Boston, 1844.
$1.00
1449. Killebrew, J. B. The Grasses of Tennessee, including Cereals and
Forage Plants. 8vo, half roan, 511 pp., illus. Nashville, 1878.
$3.50
1450. Knight, T. A. Treatise on Culture of the Apple and Pear, and
Manufacture of Cider and Perry. Third ed., enlarged. 12mo, boards,
uncut, 156 pp., fine copy. Ludlow, 1809.
$2.50
1451. Knight, T. A. Same. Fifth Edition. 12mo, half calf, 177 pp.
London, 1818.
$2.25
1452. Knoop, J. H. (1) Pomologia Dat is Beschryvingen en Afbeelhingen
van de Bests Appels en Peeren, etc. (2) Fructologia of Beschryving der
Vrugtbomen en Vrugten, etc. (3) Dendrologia, of Beschryving der
Plantagie-Gewassen, etc. 3 works bound in 1 folio vol., boards, uncut,
86 + 132 + 168 pp., 3 title-pages. Fine colored plates of Fruits. Dutch
works of great merit. Leeuwarden, 1758, 1763, 1763.
$22.50
1453. Lance, E. J. The Hop Farmer. Complete Account of Hop Culture.
First ed., 212 pp., colored map, extra illus. London, 1838.
$2.50
1454. Langley, Batty. Pomona, or, The Fruit Garden, Illus., Containing
Sure Methods for Improving all the best kinds of Fruits now extant in
England. Calculated from great variety of Experiments made in all kind
of Soils and Aspects (etc.). Likewise several Practical Observations on
the Imbibing Power and Perspirations of Fruit Trees (etc.). To which is
added a curious account of the most valuable Cyder-Fruits of Devonshire.
Illus. with above 300 drawings of the several fruits curiously engraven
on 79 large folio plates. Old panel calf, folio, title rubricated.
London, 1729.
$14.50
1455. Lawrence, John. The Clergy-Man’s Recreation, Shewing the Pleasure
and Profit of the Art of Gardening. Fifth ed. (Also) The Fruit-Garden
Kalendar. Summary of the Art of Managing the Fruit Garden, with
Appendix. Boards, 115 pp. + 149 pp. 2 title-pages, folding plates. Very
rare. London, 1717 and 1718.
$6.00
1456. Lawrence, John. Same. In 2 Parts. Third Ed. calf, folding plates,
2 title pages, 2 frontis., fine copy. London, 1715, 1716.
$3.50
1457. Lawrence, John. Same. Old calf, cracked, lacks portrait frontis.
The Fruit-Garden Kalendar bears date London, 1718.
$4.50
1458. Lawrence, John. The Clergyman’s Recreation, Shewing the Pleasure
of the Art of Gardening, etc. Sixth ed. London, 1726. (Also) The
Gentleman’s Recreation; or, The Second Part of the Art of Gardening
Improved, etc. Third ed. London, 1723. (Also) The Fruit Garden Kalendar,
etc. With Appendix. Second ed. London, 1736. 3 works in 1 vol., paneled
calf, folding plates, portrait by Vertue, very scarce.
$6.00
1459. Libby’s Farmers’ Cabinet, Aug., 1837, to April, 1848. Vols. 2 to
12. 11 vols., half sheep. Phila.
$3.00
1460. Lindley, George. A Guide to the Orchard and Kitchen Garden.
Account of the Most Valuable Fruit and Vegetables Cultivated in Great
Britain, etc. Ed. by John Lindley. Half calf, 602 pp. London, 1831.
$4.00
1461. Loudon, J. A Short Treatise on Several Improvements Recently Made
in Hot-Houses, etc. Illus. by 9 large copper-plates, half calf, 271 pp.,
illus. Edinburgh, 1805.
$3.75
1463. Loudon, J. C. (F. L. S.) The Suburban Gardener, and Villa
Companion; Choice of a Suburban Villa Residence, etc.; also laying out,
planting, etc., of Garden and Grounds, etc., etc. 752 pp., half mor.,
illus., first ed., fine copy. London, 1838.
$3.00
1464. Loudon, Mrs. The Amateur Gardener’s Calendar. A Monthly Guide.
First ed. 12mo, uncut, 372 pp., illus. London, 1847.
$2.00
1465. Loudon, Mrs. The Ladies’ Companion to the Flower Garden, etc.
Fourth ed., with Considerable Additions and Corrections. 12mo, full
gilt, colored frontis., illus., 351 pp. London, 1846.
$1.75
1466. Loudon, Mrs. The Ladies’ Magazine of Gardening. Half calf, gilt,
marbled edges, 379 pp., colored plates, cuts, very fine copy. London,
1842.
$3.75
1467. MacPhail, James. The Gardener’s Remembrancer, Containing
Practicable Methods of Gardening, Management of Timber Trees, etc.
Second ed. 12mo, uncut, 428 pp. London, 1819.
$1.75
1468. MacPhail, James. A Treatise on the Culture of the Cucumber. New
Method of Cultivating that Plant, etc. (Also) A Meteorological Journal
of the Weather and Temperature, etc. Second ed. Calf, 314 pp., folding
plate, very fine copy. London, 1795.
$2.75
1469. Maize. Cobbett, Wm. A Treatise on Cobbett’s Corn, Instructions for
Propagating and Cultivating the Plant, and Harvesting and Preserving the
Crop, etc. 12mo, boards, uncut, paper label, the first 2 leaves of this
work are printed on maize or corn stalk paper. Much on U. S., rare.
London, 1828.
$3.00
1470. Malton, James. Collection of Designs for Rural Retreats, as
Villas, Principally in Gothic and Castle Styles of Architecture, etc.
4to, boards, 43 pp., 34 plates aquatint, treats of landscape gardening,
etc. London, circa. 1802.
$3.00
1471. March, T. C. Flower and Fruit Decorations, Remarks on Treatment of
Town Gardens, etc. Boards, uncut, 112 pp., colored illus. London, 1862.
$1.75
1472. Marshall, Charles. Plain and Easy Introduction to the Knowledge
and Practice of Gardening, with Hints on Fish-Ponds. Third ed.,
enlarged. 12mo, half calf, 408 pp., London, 1800.
$3.50
1473. Martyn, Thos. Flora Rustica. Exhibiting Accurate Figures of
Plants, Useful or Injurious to Husbandry. Drawn and engraved by Fred’k
Nodder. 4 vols. in 2, boards, colored plates. London, 1792.
$9.00
1474. Maryland Agric. Exper. Station Bulletins, Both Regular and
Circular. 19 pieces, from No. 57, 1898, to No. 138, 1909 of the former,
and 13 of the latter; Nos. 37 to 60, 1902-04. Paper, sold as a lot.
College Park.
$1.50
1475. Maryland State Horticultural Society Reports, Vols 4 to 11,
Inclus., Illus. Vols. 4, 5 and 6, orig. pr. paper covers; vols. 7, 8, 9,
10, 11 in cloth. Baltimore, 1901-1909, inclus.
$2.75
1476. Mason, Wm. The English Garden. A Poem in Four Books, With Sketch
of His Life. 12mo, boards, paper label, uncut, 130 pp., portrait.
London, 1803.
$1.75
1477. Mawe, Thos. Every Man His Own Gardener. Being a New and Much More
Complete Gardener’s Kalendar Than Any One Hitherto Published, etc.
Fourth ed., corrected, etc. 12mo, calf, 489 pp., frontis. London, 1769.
$2.75
1478. Mawe, Thos., and Abercrombie, John. Every Man His Own Gardener.
Being New and Much More Complete Gardener’s Calendar and General
Director than any one Hitherto Published, etc. Fifteenth ed. 12mo, calf,
702 pp., + Index, frontis. Old and curious. London, 1797.
$4.00
1479. McCalman, Godfrey. Natural, Commercial and Medicinal Treatise on
Tea. With Account of East India Co. 12mo, unbound, 126 pp. Glasgow,
1787.
$1.50
1480. McDonald, Alex., and Edwards, Syd. A Complete Dictionary of
Practical Gardening; comprehending all Modern Improvements, etc., With
Correct Engravings after Drawings by Sydenham Edwards. 12 plain plates
of Buildings and Machinery and 60 superbly hand-colored plates of rare
and curious Flowering Plants, engraved by Sansom, representing about 150
Species. 2 vols., 4to, calf. London, 1807.
$4.50
1481. McIntosh, Charles. The Orchard and Fruit Garden, including
Management of Wall and Standard Fruit Trees, etc. 12mo, full gilt, 420
pp., colored plates. London 1839.
$2.50
1482. M’Mahon, Benjamin. Description of Jamaica Planters, With
Interesting Anecdotes. Compiled During 18 Years Residence, etc. 12mo,
304 pp., uncut, rare. London, 1839.
$2.75
1483. McWilliam, Robt. An Essay on the Origin and Operation of Dry Rot,
with View to Prevention or Cure; Suggestions on Cultivation of Forest
Trees, Abstract of Forest Laws, etc. 4to, boards, uncut, 420 pp.,
plates, valuable historic Appendix. London, 1818.
$4.00
1484. Meehan, Thos. The Gardener’s Monthly and Horticultural Advertiser,
Devoted to Horticulture, Arboric, Botany and Rural Affairs. Vol. 1,
folio. Vols. 2 to 14, inclus., 4to, uniform half roan and boards,
portrait, cuts, colored and plain plates. 15 vols. (L.) Phila., 1859-72.
$10.50
1485. Meredith, Joseph. Treatise on the Grape Vine. 4to, full gilt, 96
pp., illus. London, 1876.
$2.00
1486. Miller, Philip. The Gardener’s Dictionary, Containing Methods of
Cultivating Kitchen, Fruit and Physick Garden, Vineyard, etc., etc. 2
vols., folio, calf, illus., frontis. Vol. 1, Fourth ed., corrected. Vol.
2, Second Ed,. London, 1740, 1743.
$7.50
1487. Miller, Philip. The Abridgement of the The Gardeners’ Dictionary.
Fifth ed., corrected and enlarged. 4to, calf, folding plates, engr.
frontis., fine copy. London, 1763.
$4.00
1488. Mordant, John. The Complete Steward. Also a New System of
Agriculture and Husbandry, General Rules for Management of Farms, Tables
for Measurement of Timber, etc. 2 vols., calf, 496 + 432 pp. London,
1761.
$4.00
1489. Mosley, Oswald. Gleanings on Horticulture. Tall 8vo, 67 pp.,
illus., chiefly on grapes. London, 1851.
$2.00
1490. Moubray, on Breeding, Rearing, etc., of Poultry, Cows, Swine, etc.
Adapted to Soil, Climate and Culture of the U. S. Second Amer. from
Sixth London Ed. By Thos. G. Fessenden, of Boston. 12mo, 278 pp., illus.
Boston, 1837.
$2.00
1491. Muller, K., und Courtix, A. Illustrirte Garten-Zeitung. Eine
Monatliche Zeitschrift für Gartenbau und Blumenzucht, etc. Vols. 2nd and
4th, fully illus., in colors, royal 8vo, gilt figured cloth, 192 pp.
each. Stuttgart, 1858, ’60.
$2.50
1492. Newly, D. M. The Gardener’s Labyrinth, or, A New Art of Gardening,
Wherein is Laid Down New and Rare Inventions and Secrets of Gardening
Not Heretofore Known, etc. Collected from the Best Authors, etc.
Corrected and Enlarged. Small 4to, calf, in 2 parts. Lacks all after
Chapter 19, page 78 of 2nd part. Very scarce. First Pub’d in 1571.
London, 1651-52. As is,
$3.00
1493. New York State Agricultural Society, Transactions. Vol. 1. Revised
second ed. Nearly all the Contributions to this 418-page vol. were men
of historic prominence, Livingston, Dr. Mitchell, De Witt, Muhlenberg,
Noah Webster, etc. Old calf. Albany, 1801.
$1.75
1494. Nicol, Walter. The Scotch Forcing Gardener. Instructions on
Management of Green Houses, etc. Calf, 201 pp., 5 folding copper-plates.
Edinburgh, 1797.
$1.50
1495. Niederlein, G. Ressources Vegetales des Colonies Francaises.
Folio, 16 + 160 pp., pr. paper covers, map. Paris, 1902.
$1.00
1496. N. Carolina Bulletin N. Carolina State Board of Agriculture. Odd
Nos., 1900 to 1909, inclus. 32 Nos. in all. Raleigh, v. d. As a lot,
$1.75
1497. N. Carolina. Proposals for Establishing a Number of Farms, Like
Those of N. England, N. Jersey, Penna., and Delaware, on South side of
Western Districts of N. Carolina, for Mutual Benefit of the Settlers,
and of the Trade of Charleston, Wilmington (N. C.), Fayetteville,
Georgetown, (S. C.), Augusta, and Savannah; and of The Planters on the
Sea-Coast of the Two Carolinas, Who Raise Sugar, Rice, Indigo, Cotton
and Tobacco, make Lumber and Naval Stores, and May Not Raise Grain or
Cattle. Paper, 16 pp., uncut, unopened. N. p., 1816.
$3.50
1498. Nourse, Timothy. Discourse of Benefits and Improvements of
Husbandry, Considerations upon Justices of the Peace, Servants and
Laborers, the Fuel of London, etc. Paneled mottled calf, 354 pp.,
frontis. London, 1700.
$3.00
1499. Pabor, Wm. E. Colorado as an Agricultural State, Its Farms and
Garden Lands. First ed. 12mo, 213 pp., illus. N. York, 1883.
$1.25.
1500. Parks. 1st and 2nd Annual Reports of Commissioners of Fairmount
Park, Phila. 8vo, orig. paper covers, fine copies, illus. by large maps,
views, woodcuts. 2 vols. Phila., 1869-70. The two,
$2.00
1501. Pascalis, Felix, of New York. His Translation of T. de Berneaud’s
Vine Dressers’ Theoretical and Practical Manual of the Vine, etc.
Interesting autogr. pres. copy from Dr. Pascalis “to Mr. J. Adlum,
Propr. of the Vineyard of Georgetown by his friend.” Adlum was author of
the famous little Memoir of the Vine. Half calf. N. Y., 1829.
$2.75
1502. Peters, Rich. Agricultural Inquiries on Plaister of Paris When
Applied as Manure. Collected Chiefly from the Practice of Penna.
Farmers. Second ed., with Additional Notes and More Recent Facts, etc.,
by the Author. Sheep, loose, 129 pp. This work was first published in
1797. Phila., Re-Printed by Jane Aitken, 1810.
$2.00
1503. Pennsylvania Department. Agricultural Reports for 1879 to 1899,
inclus. Several years in 2 vols. each. About 25 vols. Colored plates of
birds, animals, fruits. Article on Injurious Insects and Reports on
Forestry.
$7.50
1504. Petit, Victor. Parcs et Jardins des Environs de Paris. Fifty col.
plates, 4 pp., of Text. 4to, boards. Paris, n. d. (circa. 1840).
$5.00
1505. Philadelphia Society for Promoting Agriculture. Address from, with
Laws, etc. 12mo, paper. 3 pieces. (Phila.), 1785. The same for 1788-89.
$1.75
1506. Philips, Henry. Flora Historica, or, Three Seasons of the British
Parterre (Flower Gardening). Second revised ed. 2 vols., 12mo, half mor.
London, 1829.
$2.00
1507. Phillips, H. Pomarium Britannicum, an Historical and Botanical
Account of Fruits Known in Great Britain. 378 pp., boards, uncut,
broken, 3 colored plates. London, 1820.
$2.00
1508. Phytologist, The. First and Second Annual Parts. 2 vols. (All
pub.?). 208 + 592 pp., illus. Published Monthly. Dates run from June
1841, to May, 1843.
$4.00
1509. Plates. More Than 50 Original Water Color Drawings of Fruit and
Flowers and about a dozen printed plates colored by hand. 4to, unbound.
Evidently the Originals for the Illus. of some Horticultural Work. The
names are written under each figure. Lot,
$2.25
1510. Preston, Ralph. The Modern English Fruit Gardener and Practical
Wall-Tree Pruner, etc. 12mo, calf, 216 pp., plate, name on title-page.
London, 1785.
$2.75
1511. Priestly’s Autograph Copy. Twamley, J. A Treatise on Watering
Meadows. 5 copper plates. Dairying Exemplified. 2 plates. Calf. London,
1792.
$1.25
1512. Pratt, Anne. The Green Fields and Their Grasses. 12mo, pr. covers.
96 pp., illus. London, 1852.
$1.00
1513. Prince, W. R. A Treatise on the Vine, Embracing its History from
the Earliest Ages to the Present Day, etc., etc. Boards, paper label,
uncut, 355 pp., illus., rare, autogr. pres. copy by Author. N. York,
1830.
$3.00
1514. Rand, Edward S. The Rhododendron and American Plants. Treatise on
Culture, and Species of the Rhododendron, with Notes upon Other Plants
Requiring Similar Culture. 12mo, 176 pp. Boston, 1871.
$1.40
1515. Rand, Edward S. Flowers for the Parlor and Garden. Illustration by
John Andrew and A. C. Warren. 8vo, original cloth, uncut, gilt top, 411
pp., illus., designed half-title in 2 colors, good copy. Boston, 1864.
$1.50
1516. Richardson, H. D. Pests of the Farm. Account of Noxious Animals,
Birds and Insects, With Directions for their Destruction. Illus., 12mo,
paper, 135 pp. N. York, [1852].
$1.00
1517. Robinson, W. Gleanings from French Gardens. Small 4to, 291 pp.,
illus. London, 1868.
$2.00
1518. Roland, Arthur. Farming for Pleasure and Profit. Third Section.
Tree Planting for Ornamentation or Profit, etc. Edited by Wm. H. Ablett.
12mo, 157 pp. London, 1879.
$1.75
1519. Rowlands, Rev. H. Essay on Theory and Practice of Agriculture and
Husbandry, Considering Nature and Quality of Marle, Lime and Shells.
12mo, sheep, 288 pp., Supp. on Trees, etc. Dublin, 1783.
$1.75
1520. Rural Recreations, or, The Gardener’s Instructor, etc., With a
Treatise on Management of Bees, Catalogue of Useful and Ornamental
Trees, Shrubs and Plants, for Medicinal and Culinary Purposes. By a
Society of Practical Gardeners. Calf, broken, 427 pp., folding plates.
London, 1802.
$3.75
1521. Rural Recreations, or, Modern Farmer’s Calendar and Monthly
Instructor, etc. By a Farmer. Paper, 128 pp., illus. London, 1802.
$1.75
1522. Russell, Robt. North America, Its Climate and Agriculture.
Observations on Agriculture, etc., of Canada, U. S. and Cuba. 390 pp.,
map and cuts. Edinburgh, 1857.
$2.50
1523. Sanders, John. The Kitchen Garden Directory. Treatise on
Cultivation of Vegetables Grown in the Open Air, etc. 12mo, uncut, 154
pp., folding plate. London, 1827.
$1.25
1524. Scheuchzero, Johanne. Agrostographia Sive Graminum Juncorum.
Cyperorum, Cyperoidum, iisque affinum Historia. 4to, calf, cracked, 18
folding and other copper plates, 512 pp. + Index. One of the earliest
works on Agrostology. Very scarce. Tiguri, 1719.
$8.00
1525. Sharrock, Robt. History of Propagation and Improvement of
Vegetables by the Concurrence of Art and Nature, etc. 12mo, calf, plate,
scarce. Oxford, 1660.
$6.00
1526. Sherer, John. Rural Life Described and Illustrated, Management and
Treatment of Horses, Dogs, Cattle, Sheep, Pigs, Poultry, etc., etc.
Information Relating to Modern Farming, Gardening, Shooting, Angling,
etc., etc. Also Complete System of Modern Veterinary Practice. 2 vols.,
4to., half calf, 1016 pp., over 100 steel engravings, frontis. London,
n. d.
$4.75
1527. Sinclair, Sir John. Account of the Systems of Husbandry adopted in
the Improved Districts of Scotland. 2 vols., calf, copper plates,
portrait of Sinclair. He corresponded with Washington on Agricultural
Subjects. Edinburgh, 1814.
$1.50
1528. Sinclair, George. Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis. Account of Results
of Experiments of Grasses and Other Plants, Used as Food for Domestic
Animals, etc. Second ed. Boards, uncut, 438 pp., paper label, Hullmandel
plates. London, 1825.
$3.50
1529. Sinclair, Sir John. The Code of Agriculture. First Amer. ed.
Boards, uncut, loose, plain and colored plates by Amer. engravers, rare.
Hartford, 1818.
$2.25
1530. Sinclair, Sir John. Hints Regarding the Agricultural State of the
Netherlands Compared with that of Great Britain. Plates. London, 1815.
$1.00
1531. Speechly, Wm. Treatise on Culture of the Pineapple and Management
of the Hot-House, with Description of every Species of Insects that
Infest Hot-Houses, etc. Boards, uncut, 186 pp., folding plan, plate,
name on title-page. First ed. York, 1779.
$3.00
1532. Speechly, Wm. Same. Second ed., with additions. 197 pp., 6 plates,
somewhat stained, boards, uncut. York, 1796.
$2.75
1533. Speechly, Wm. A Treatise on the Culture of the Vine, and on the
Culture of the Pine-Apple and Management of the Hot-House, etc., Third
ed. Boards uncut, paper label, folding plates. London, 1821.
$2.75
1534. Statistics, Division of U. S. Dept. of Agriculture. New Series
Miscel. Repts. 1 to 7, inclus., with Additional lot of 6 Special
Reports. 13 pieces, paper covers, illus. Wash., 1890 to 1893. The lot,
$1.50
1535. Steinmetz, Andrew. Tobacco, History, Cultivation, Manufacture and
Adulterations. First ed. Pr. paper covers, 174 pp., frontis., rare.
London, 1857.
$2.00
1536. Steuart, Henry Bart. The Planter’s Guide. A Practical Essay on
Best Method of Giving Immediate Effect to Wood by Removal of Large Trees
and Underwood. Observations on General Planting, Improvement of
Landscapes, etc. Second ed., greatly improved and enlarged. Boards,
uncut, 527 pp., 6 plates, 5 of them by W. Turner, very scarce. Edinburgh
and London, 1828.
$6.00
1537. Stevenson, Rev. H. The Gentleman Gardener. (Also) The Gard’ner’s
Kalendar, Management of Bees, etc. Fourth ed., enlarged. 12mo, calf, 312
pp. London, 1750.
$2.75
1538. Strickland, H. E. A General View of the Agriculture of the
East-Riding of Yorkshire. Half calf, 332 pp., colored map, 8 plates, 2
colored. Chapter on Woodlands. York, 1812.
$2.75
1539. Sweet, Robert. The Hot-House and Green-House Manual, etc. Fifth
ed. 714 pp. London, 1831.
$2.50
1540. Sweet, R., and Don, D. The Ornamental Flower Garden and Shrubbery.
152 finely colored plates. Vol. 1. Half roan. London, 1851.
$1.50
1541. Switzer, Stephen. The Practical Fruit-Gardener. Revised and
Recommended by the Rev. Mr. Laurence, and Mr. Bradley. Calf, 333 pp.,
illus. London, 1724.
$3.50
1542. Taylor, Jefferys. The Farm. A New Account of Rural Toils and
Produce. Square 12mo, 175 pp., illus., lacks 1 leaf. London, 1832.
$1.50
1543. Thacher, James, M. D. The American Orchardist. Treatise on Culture
and Management of Apple Trees, etc., for Use of Amer. Farmers. Second
ed., improved. 12mo, boards, 236 pp. Plymouth, Mass., 1825.
$2.00
1543A. Thompson, Robt. The Gardiner’s Assistant. Guide to Formation and
Management of Kitchen, Fruit and Flower Garden, etc., etc. Royal 8vo,
774 pp., 12 fine col. plates and many cuts. Glasgow, (1859).
$3.00
1544. Thompson, Wm. The New Gardener’s Calendar. Containing Directions
for Transplanting of Trees, Quick for Hedges, New Essay on Management of
Bees, etc. 12mo, uncut, 107 pp., frontis., very scarce. London, (1790?).
$3.50
1545. Thomson, David. Handy Book of the Flower Garden. 12mo, uncut, 364
pp., folding plates, good copy. Edinburgh and London, 1868.
$2.00
1546. Thomson, Wm. A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of the Grape
Vine. Third ed. 74 pp., illus. Edinburgh and London, 1863.
$1.75
1547. Thomson, Wm. Same. Fourth ed. 77 pp., illus. Edinburgh and London,
1865.
$1.75
1548. Tobacco. Anno Regni Annæ Reginæ Magnæ Brittanniæ, etc. Duodecimo
at the Parliament Held at Westminster, Nov. 12, 1713. (An Act for
Encouraging the Tobacco Trade.) Folio, paper, 10 pp., black letter.
London, 1714.
$2.75
1549. Tobacco. Brailsford, Edwd., of S. Carolina. Experimental
Dissertation on the Chemical and Medical Properties of the Nicotiana
Tabacum of Linnæus, commonly known by the Name of Tobacco. With colored
folding plate, calf, broken, 78 pp., very rare. Autogr. Pres. copy from
Author to William Hamilton of the Woodlands. Phila., 1799.
$5.00
1550. Tobacco. Moustier, Eleonore-Francois-Elie de. Observations sur les
Différens Rapports de la Liberté ou de la Prohibition de la Culture du
Tabac. Paper, 57 pp., rare. Paris, 1790.
$2.75
1551. Tobacco. Short, Thos. Discourses on Tea, Sugar, Milk, Made Wines,
Spirits, Punch, Tobacco, etc. Calf. Tench Francis’ copy, with his
Autograph on title. London, 1750.
$2.00
1552. Tobacco. A Colored Engraved Plate of Scotch Highlander Taking
Snuff, with an Indian (having Negro features) smoking pipe, and
surrounded by leaves of the Tobacco Plant. 4to size. Printed and
Published by W. Davidson Alnwick, as an advt. of Scotch Snuff. Circa.
1800.
$1.50
1553. Tobacco and Sugar. Short History of the Nature and Consequences of
Excise Laws, including some Account of the recent Interruption to the
Manufactories of [American] Snuff and Refined Sugar. Rare, paper, 116
pp. Phila., Printed for the Booksellers, Dec. 7, 1795.
$2.00
1554. Topography of all the Known Vineyards, Containing Description of
the Kind and Quality of their Products and a Classification. 248 pp.,
small 8vo, boards, uncut. London, 1824.
$1.50
1555. Transactions of the Society for the Promotion of Agriculture, Arts
and Manufactures, State of N. York. Vol. 1. 418 pp., boards, uncut,
articles by Dr. Mitchell, De Witt, Livingston, L’Homedieu, etc. Second
ed., revised. Albany, 1801.
$2.00
1556. Trimble, Isaac P. Treatise on Insect Enemies of Fruit and Fruit
Trees. With numerous illus. 4to, 139 pp., and 11 finely colored plates
of infected fruit, insects, etc. N. York, 1865.
$2.50
1557. Trowell, Sam. A New Treatise of Husbandry, Gardening and Other
Curious Matters Relating to Country Affairs, Hops, Forest and Fruit
Trees, etc. Sheep, 164 pp. London, 1739.
$2.75
1558. Trusler, John (of Cobham, Surry). Practical Husbandry, or, the Art
of Farming With Certainty of Gain, etc. Boards, cracked, 164 pp.,
chapters on Measuring Timber, Hedging, etc. London, 1780.
$1.75
1559. U. S. Dept. Agriculture. Reports of Pomologist, etc. A Collection
of about 20 Pomological U. S. Dept. Agric. Bulletins, 1891 to 1898,
including Bull. No. 2 on California Vine Disease by Pierce of 222 pp.,
25 plates and a chart. 8vo, half mor., many illus. Wash., 1891-1898.
$2.50
1560. Van Oosten, Henry. The Dutch Gardener, or, The Compleat Florist.
Second ed., with Amendments. Calf, 249 pp., + 12 pp. Index. London,
1711.
$2.75
1561. Varley, C. (C. Varlo in Amer. Eds.) A New System of Husbandry,
etc. 3 vols. in 1. Old calf, 320 + 319 + 345 pp., folding plans. York,
1770. Very rare.
$6.00
1562. Varlo, C. New System of Husbandry, From Many Years Experience,
with Tables, showing the Expense and Profit of Each Crop. * * * To which
are annexed a few Hints humbly offered for the perusal of the
Legislators of America, showing how to put a stop to runaway Servants. 2
vols., boards, uncut, name from title, scarce. Phila., 1785.
$3.75
1563. Vasey, Dr. George. Agricultural Grasses and Forage Plants of the
U. S., etc. Appendix on Chemical Composition of Grasses by Clifford
Richardson. Special Bulletin U. S. Dept. Agric. New, Revised and
Enlarged Edition. Pr. paper covers, 148 pp., 114 plates. Wash., 1889.
$1.50
1564. Vasey, G. Illustrations of North American Grasses. Vol. 1, Grasses
of the Southwest. Vol. 2, Grasses of the Pacific Slope. Royal 8vo, 200
plates, 2 vols., paper covers. Wash., 1891-1893.
$2.00
1565. Vasey, G. Grasses of the West. Part II, Paper, 50 Plates.
$1.00
1566. (Whateley, Thos.) Observations on Modern Gardening. Fifth ed.
Boards, uncut, 263 pp. London, 1793.
$2.00
1567. Whitmarsh, S. Eight Years’ Experience and Observation in the
Culture of the Mulberry Tree and in the Care of the Silk Worm. 16mo,
folded plate, rare. Northampton, 1839.
$2.00
1568. Williams, Benj. S. The Orchid-grower’s Manual. Fifth Ed.,
enlarged. 12mo, 336 pp., fully illus., colored frontis., embossed stamp
on title-page. The best ed. London, 1877.
$2.50
1569. Wine. The Juice of the Grape, or, Wine Preferable to Water. Wine
Shewn to be Great Preserver of Health, etc. With a Word of Advice to the
Vintners. 12mo, paper, 56 pp. London, 1724.
$1.25
1570. Withers, Wm. A Memoir Addressed to the Society for Encouragement
of Arts, etc., on the Planting and Rearing of Fruit Trees. Second ed.
Orig. pr. paper covers, uncut, 40 pp. Holt, 1827.
$2.00
1571. (Wordsworth.) Flora Domestica, or, the Portable Flower Garden,
etc. 396 pp., loose, name cut from title-page. London, 1823.
$1.75
1572. Wonders of Vegetation. Various Grasses. 16mo, 90 pp., illus.
Phila. [1848.]
80c.
1573. (Worlidge, J.) Compleat System of Husbandry and Gardening, or, the
Gentleman’s Companion in the Business and Pleasures of a Country Life,
etc. Paneled calf, 504 pp., illus., contains articles on gardening,
fishing and fowling, etc. The Marquis of Anglesy’s Arms stamped on
covers, rare. London, 1716.
$4.75
1574. (Worlidge, John) Systema Agriculturæ, the Mystery of Husbandry
Discovered, etc. (with) Kalendarium Rusticum; or, the Husbandman’s
Monthly Directions, and Dictionarium Rusticum, etc. Fourth ed.,
corrected, etc. Folio, old calf, illus., very rare. London, 1687.
$8.00
1575. Yorkshire Agricultural Society, Transactions of the. First 8
vols., bound in 2, half calf, map. London, 1837-45.
$4.00