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First edition of the lavishly illustrated Fruit grower's Guide by John Wright, illustrated by Mary Rivers, 1891-1894.
First edition of the lavishly illustrated Fruit grower's Guide by John Wright, illustrated by Mary Rivers, 1891-1894.
First edition of the lavishly illustrated Fruit grower's Guide by John Wright, illustrated by Mary Rivers, 1891-1894.
First edition of the lavishly illustrated Fruit grower's Guide by John Wright, illustrated by Mary Rivers, 1891-1894.
First edition of the lavishly illustrated Fruit grower's Guide by John Wright, illustrated by Mary Rivers, 1891-1894.
First edition of the lavishly illustrated Fruit grower's Guide by John Wright, illustrated by Mary Rivers, 1891-1894.
First edition of the lavishly illustrated Fruit grower's Guide by John Wright, illustrated by Mary Rivers, 1891-1894.
First edition of the lavishly illustrated Fruit grower's Guide by John Wright, illustrated by Mary Rivers, 1891-1894.
First edition of the lavishly illustrated Fruit grower's Guide by John Wright, illustrated by Mary Rivers, 1891-1894.
First edition of the lavishly illustrated Fruit grower's Guide by John Wright, illustrated by Mary Rivers, 1891-1894.
First edition of the lavishly illustrated Fruit grower's Guide by John Wright, illustrated by Mary Rivers, 1891-1894.

vibrant chromolithographs


[HORTICULTURE] WRIGHT, John & RIVERS, May.

The Fruit Grower's Guide. With illustrations by Miss May Rivers and numerous illustrative diagrams by Worthington G. Smith and George Shayler. In three volumes.

London, J. S. Virtue & Co., Limited, [1891-1894].

£1,000.00
£1,000.00

The Fruit Grower's Guide.

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First edition of this lavishly illustrated set, a nice example in the elaborate publisher's cloth binding with the original prospectus loosely inserted. Author John Wright was a member of the Royal Horticultural Society and editor of the Journal of Horticulture.

First edition; 3 vols, 4to; 43 chromolithographic plates, chromolithographic titles, engravings within the text, a little spotting, primarily to early leaves, and some light toning of the margins; original green publisher's cloth blocked in black and gilt, cloth a little rubbed at the extremities, spines slightly rolled, a very good set.

Stock code 117244

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First edition of the lavishly illustrated Fruit grower's Guide by John Wright, illustrated by Mary Rivers, 1891-1894.

The Fruit Grower's Guide.

£1,000.00
£1,000.00

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Charming set of The Fruit Grower's Guide by John Wright and illustrated by May Rivers, one of the classic victorian works of British gardening and fruit trees.
Charming set of The Fruit Grower's Guide by John Wright and illustrated by May Rivers, one of the classic victorian works of British gardening and fruit trees.

WRIGHT, John & RIVERS, May.
The Fruit Grower's Guide. [1891-94].
£850.00

Each beautifully executed flower portrayed is also the subject for a poem which serves as text for the illustration as there are no captions.
Each beautifully executed flower portrayed is also the subject for a poem which serves as text for the illustration as there are no captions.

BADGER, Mrs Clarissa M.
Floral Belles from the Green-house and Garden. 1867
£2,500.00

An exquisite album of Japanese watercolours depicting 64 varieties of camellia and 12 hibiscus, handmade by Mataemon Shibakawa II in 1933.
An exquisite album of Japanese watercolours depicting 64 varieties of camellia and 12 hibiscus, handmade by Mataemon Shibakawa II in 1933.

SHIBAKAWA, Mataemon II.
Hana yose. 1933.
£12,500.00

Ferdinand Bauer recorded not only botanical but also zoological specimens on the voyage to Australia of Matthew Flinders.
Ferdinand Bauer recorded not only botanical but also zoological specimens on the voyage to Australia of Matthew Flinders.

BAUER, Ferdinand.
Illustrationes Florae Novae Hollandiae 1813.
£40,000.00

Pomologia,
Pomologia,

KNOOP, Johann Hermann; HUTH, Georg Leonhart (translator).
Pomologia, 1760 & 1766.
First German language edition of the most important fruit book of the 18th century.
£6,500.00

First edition of one of the rarest and most beautifully illustrated botanical works, Alexis Jordan's Icones ad Floram Europae, published between 1866 and 1903.
First edition of one of the rarest and most beautifully illustrated botanical works, Alexis Jordan's Icones ad Floram Europae, published between 1866 and 1903.

JORDAN, [Claude Thomas] Alexis; FOURREAU, Jules.
Icones ad Floram Europae 1866-1903.
First edition of one of the rarest and most beautifully illustrated botanical works.
£9,500.00

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