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. 4, New Series -- Jan. to Dec. 1854
Rochester, NY: James Vick, Jr., 1854. Hardcover. 576 p., 16 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. IV. Pink-and-black marbled paper over boards. All page edges speckled. Marbled endpapers. Imprint includes: Joseph Breck & Co., Boston; Chas. M. Saxton, New York; and W. B. Zieber, Philadelphia. Bookplates on front fixed endpaper for former owners Abington Library Society, and John Lambert. Articles include: Designs for Cheap Cottages by Merwin Austin; two articles about landscaping at Hamilton College, N.Y.; Kirri Cottage by Alexander Jackson Davis; The Seed Business in Philadelphia by J. J. S. [the history of the seed business from John Bartram to David Landreth]; The Pomological Department at County and State Fairs by Thomas M. Cooley; Green-House Plants for Winter Boquets by Thomas Meehan; and Artist's Villa by Alexander Jackson Davis. Scarce. In Very Good- Condition: rubbed; minor loss at head of spine; marbled paper over back board is scraped; occasional foxing; otherwise, clean and solid. Very Good -. Item #010969
Price: $95.00