ladies flower garden ornamental annuals von loudon (7 Ergebnisse)

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Neuware - First published in 1849, ¿The Ladies Flower-Garden Of Ornamental Annuals¿ is a charming guide to a variety of plants that can be found in typical gardens. It offers detailed descriptions of each plant treated, as well as tips on planting propagating, maintaining, etc. This classic guide is highly rerecorded for green-fingered enthusiasts and is not to be missed by collectors of vintage gardening literature. Contents include: ¿The Flos Adonis¿, ¿The Larkspur¿, ¿Love in a Mist¿, ¿The Garidellä, ¿The Platystemon¿, ¿The Poppy¿, ¿The Prickly Poppy¿, ¿The Horned Poppy¿, ¿The Purple Horned Poppy¿, ¿The Platystigmä, ¿The Eachscholtzis, or California Poppy¿, ¿The Minnemaniä, ¿Fumarieae¿, etc. Many vintage books such as this are increasingly scarce and expensive. It is with this in mind that we are republishing this volume now in an affordable, modern, high-quality edition complete with a specially-commissioned new introduction on the history of gardening.

Zustand: New.

Zustand: -. Dekorativer Leineneinband der Zeit mit goldgepr., illustr. Deckelvignette (Vorsätze und Rücken erneuert bzw. hinterlegt). XVI, IV, 272 S. sowie 48 handkolorierte lithographische Tafeln mit Blumendarstellungen. 4°. Tafeln stellenw. leicht gebräunt, vereinzelt gering fleckig, zwei Taf. etwas stärker betroffen, 1 Textbl. u. 1 Taf. verso etwas angeschmutzt (slight browning and minor spotting in places, somewhat heavier to two plates, some soiling to one text leaf and one plate verso. Binding rebacked). Nissen, BBI 1234. - Erste Ausgabe. - First edition.

Hardcover. Zustand: Good. 1st Edition. Quarto 11 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. HANDSOMELY LEATHER BOUND in full period calf gilt. Spine gilt in compartments and ornate gilt boards. Marbled endpapers and, unusually, with fine gauffered edges. Binding by Webb and Hunt of Liverpool with their stamp to the endpaper. Minor scratches to the boards, inner hinge strengthened. xvi, 272 pages and illustrated with 50 FINE HAND COLOURED LITHOGRAPH BOTANICAL PLATES, complete. Clean copy. The second edition with the preface dated 1849- this edition has two more plates than the first edition. Plates with bright hand colouring. A VERY HANDSOME COPY. Jane Webb Loudon (1807 1858), creator of this genre. Before Mrs. Loudon's pioneering manuals, only specialist horticultural books were available in Britain. Mrs. Loudon's works, which became standard references, helped to make gardening an acceptable activity for suburban women. She was married to John Claudius Loudon, one of the most important nineteenth-century landscape gardeners and horticultural writers. Her style was to create hand coloured engravings of bunches of flowers - clearly illustrated in this example of her Annuals. Nissen 1234.

4°. 1 nn. Bl., XVI, , 272 S., mit 48 kolorierten lithographischen Tafeln. Maroquin der Zeit mit reicher ornamentaler Deckel- und Rückenvergoldung, Steh- und Innenkantenvergoldung, Goldschnitt, (Kapitale und Gelenke gering berieben, Ecken leicht gestaucht, kleine Fehlstelle auf Vorderdeckel). Erste Ausgabe. - Nissen BBI, 1234; Sitwell S. 66; Pritzel 5632; Stafleu-C. 5023; De Belder 221. - Sehr schönes Pflanzenwerk, das in einer Reihe mit 4 anderen Titeln erschien. - "Mrs. Loudon was the wife of John Claudius Loudon, one of the most important nineteenth-century landscape gardeners and horticultural writers. Her own works are much prized for their attractive illustrations." (De Belder 221). - Die Tafeln mit verschiedenen Arrangements von blühenden Gartenpflanzen, in schönem Kolorit. - "It is astonishing how much beauty may be displayed in a little garden. by a tasteful arrangement of annual flowers. (Vorwort). - Blatt I-IV hinter Blatt XVI eingebunden. - Leicht stockfleckig, Name und Blindstempel auf Titel. Innengelenke verstärkt. // With 48 handcoloured lithographed plates. Contemporary marocco, cover and spine richley gilted, inner dentelles, gilt edges, (top and end of spine and hinges somewhat worn, corners slightly bumped, small damage on front cover). - First edition. - Nissen BBI, 1234; Sitwell S. 66; Pritzel 5632; Stafleu-C. 5023; De Belder 221. - Very nice publication about plants, which was published together with three other titles in one series. - "Mrs. Loudon was the wife of John Claudius Loudon, one of the most important nineteenth-century landscape gardeners and horticultural writers. Her own works are much prized for their attractive illustrations." (De Belder 221). - The plates with different arrangements of flowers in luminous colours. "It is astonishing how much beauty may be displayed in a little garden. by a tasteful arrangement of annual flowers. (Vorwort). - Leaves I-IV bound behind leaf XVI. - Slightly foxed, name and blindstamp on title page. Inner hinges reinforced.

Hardcover. Zustand: Very Good. 4to. pp. viii, xvi, 272. with half-title. 48 hand-coloured lithographed plates. with tissue guards. modern half morocco (edges of some leaves & plates bit chipped, light foxing to outer leaves). Second Edition. Mrs. Loudon was the wife of landscape gardener and horticultural writer, John Loudon, who designed the Birmingham Botanical Garden. She began to write popular botanical books to help pay off the debts that her husband incurred in publishing his Arboretum et Fruticetum Britannicum. The plates in the present volume depict various types of nigella, larkspur, poppy, godetia, primrose, clarkia, candytuft, flax, calandrinia, catchfly, dianthus, nasturtium, lupine, sweet pea, vetch, phlox, lobelia, campanula, ageratum, zinnia, browallia, petunia, &c. Sitwell & Blunt, Great Flower Books, p. 66. cfNissen 1234. cfPritzel 5632.

5 titles bound in 4 vols. 4to. (30 x 25 cm.) Contemporary binding by Seton & Mackenzie, Edinburgh, with their name stamped in gilt to inner dentelle, full dark green richly gilt morocco, marbled endpapers, all edges gilt. A total of 300 hand coloured plates. Inner hinges neatly strengthened, balnk endleaves lightly spotted, contents includng plates generally crisp and clean, all housed in a fine and most handsome binding. Ornamental Perennials. Second Edition. ".printed on larger paper.errors of the press corrected" (Intro.) January 22. 1849. Complete as called for with 90 full page full page hand-coloured lithographed plates numbered 1-90. First edition comprises 96 plates and is usually bound as two volumes. WITH Ornamental Annuals. Second Edition. " with much new and valuable matter .incorporated.former errors have been corrected " (Preface). 1st Oct. 1849. pp.xvi+iv+272 Complete as called for with 50 full page hand-coloured lithographed plates numbered 1-48 with 2 bis plates 37 & 39. BOUND WITH Ornamental Greenhouse Plants. Second Edition. pp.xii+215 Complete as called for with 42 full page full page hand-coloured lithographed plates numbered 1-42. WITH Ornamental Bulbous Plants. pp.x+270 Complete as called for with 58 full page full page hand-coloured lithographed plates numbered 1-58. WITH British Wild Flowers. Second Edition. pp.xvi+31. Complete as called for with 60 full page full page hand-coloured lithographed plates numbered 1-60.