The Horticulturist, and Journal of Rural Art and Rural Taste: Devoted to Horticulture, Landscape Gardening, Rural Architecture, Botany, Pomology, Entomology, Rural Economy, &c.; Edited by P. Barry -- vol. 3, New Series -- Jan. to Dec. 1853
Rochester, NY: James Vick, Jr., 1853. Hardcover. 576 p., 19 leaves of plates: many in-text illustrations; 24 cm. Half calf with six spine compartments; gilt-tooled spine title and volume number: New Series vol. III. Pink-and-black marbled paper over boards. All page edges speckled. Marbled endpapers. Imprint includes: Joseph Breck & Co., Boston; Newman and Ivison, New York; and W. B. Zieber, Philadelphia. Bookplates on front fixed endpaper for former owners Abington Library Society, and John Lambert. Articles include: The Home of the Late A. J. Downing, accompanying the frontispiece view of his home; American Architecture by Calvert Vaux; Application of Wind as a Power for Raising Water by J. P. Kirtland; and Design for an Italian Villa by Gervase Wheeler. Scarce. In Good+ Condition: leather is rubbed and separated along front joint; marbled paper over boards is scraped; occasional foxing; otherwise, clean and solid. Good +. Item #010968
Price: $95.00