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The Flower-Garden display'd [...] The second edition

The Flower-Garden display'd [...] The second edition

Título completoThe Flower-Garden display'd, In Above Four Hundred Curious Representations Of the most beautiful flowers; Regularly dispos'd in the respective Months of their Blossom, Curiosly Engrav'd on copper-plates fom the Designs of Mr. Furber, and Others, and coloured to the life. With the Description and History of each Plant, and the Method of their Culture; whether in Stoves, Green-Houses, Hot Beds, Glass-Cases, Open Borders, or against Walls. Very useful, Not only for the Curious in Gardening, but the Prints likewife for Painters, Carvers, Japaners, &c. also for the Ladies, as Patterns for Working, and Painting in Water-Colours, or Furniture for the Closet. ; The second edition. To which is added, A Flower-Garden for Gentlemen and Ladies; being the Art of raising Flowers without any trouble to blow in full Perfection in the Depht of Winter, in a Bed-Chamber, Closet, or Dining-Room. Also the Method of raising Salleting, Cucumber, Melons, &c. at any Time in the Year. As it is now practised by Sir Thomas More, Bart.
AutorFurber, Robert
Fecha1734
Datos de PublicaciónLondon : Printed for R. Montagu, at the Corner of Great Queen-Street, near Drury Lane: J. Brindley, at the King's Arms, New-bond-Street ; C. Corbett, at Addison's Head, without Temple-Bar
CiudadLondon
Descripción física[i-vi], [1]-139 p., [140, "Books printed for..."], [1] h. ["The Flower-Garden..."], [12] h. de grab. calc. ; 25 cm
NotasSegún C. Nissen, "Die botanische Buchillustration...", "Zweite Auflage", p. 64, n.º 677 (1766), el autor sería Robert Furber ; sin embargo, A. Stevenson, "Catalogue of botanical books in the Collection of Rachel McMasters Miller Hunt. Volume II [...]", n.º 493 (1958), añade a Richard Bradley como autor junto a R. Furber
En las h. de grab. calc.: "Ja.s Smith sc."
Contiene: "A Flower-Garden for Gentlemen and Ladies; being the Art of raising Flowers without any trouble to blow in full Perfection in the Depht of Winter, in a Bed-Chamber, Closet, or Dining-Room Also the Method of raising Salleting, Cucumber, Melons, &c. at any Time in the Year. As it is now practised by Sir Thomas More, Bart.", p. 125-139
Otros responsables: More, Thomas, Sir (aut.)
El ejemplar de la biblioteca del RJB reproducido forma un volumen facticio junta a: "New principles of gardening : or, The Laying out and Planting Parterres, Groves, Wildernesses, Labyrinths, Avenues, Parks, &c. After a more Grand and Rural Manner, than has been done before [...] By Batty Langley of Twickenham", London : Printed for A. Bettesworth and J. Batley (1728)
CategoríasJardinería
Referencia TL-2Falta
SignaturaA Lan 195