Produktart
Zustand
Einband
Weitere Eigenschaften
Gratisversand
Land des Verkäufers
Verkäuferbewertung
Verlag: London. James Ridgway. 1831-1838, 1831
Anbieter: Charles Russell, ABA, ILAB, est 1978, Cirencester, Vereinigtes Königreich
Buch
Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. 4 volumes octavo 10 x 6 3/4 inches, VERY HANDSOMELY LEATHER BOUND in a full heavy crushed morocco with gilt flower tools and two red leather lettering labels. Text and 412 FINE HAND COLOURED BOTANICAL ENGRAVINGS- The second series plates complete.- AN EXCEPTIONALLY FINE COPY with clean plates, wide margins and very good colour. Blibliography- Great Flower Books page 77. A very decorative and comprehensive collections of flower engravings. All tall copy- unusual in a fine binding. Robert Sweet (1783-1835) was an English botanist, horticulturist and ornithologist. Born at Cockington near Torquay, Devonshire, England in 1783, Sweet worked as a gardener from the age of sixteen, and became foreman or partner in a series of nurseries. He was associated with nurseries at Stockwell, Fulham and Chelsea. In 1812 he joined Colvills, the famous Chelsea nursery, and was elected a fellow of the Linnean Society. By 1818 he was publishing horticultural and botanical works.