[Rarebooks] FS: "The Book of the Garden" in 2 profusely illustrated vols. Edinburgh: 1853-55

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(HORTICULTURE) M'Intosh, Charles. THE BOOK OF THE GARDEN. In Two
Volumes. [Vol. I. – Structural. With 1073 Illustrations [Vol. II.
Cultural – With 279 Illustrations]. Edinburgh: William Blackwood and
Sons. 1853-1855. First edition. Thick 4to. 2 vols.
(12),776,(2),(6);viii,iv,868pp. Double column text. Including indices,
a glossary, and 6pp. of publisher's ads at rear of Vol. I. Illustrated
with an engraved, tinted, double-page frontispiece mounted on a guard,
and 33 engraved plates (17 are double-page, mounted on guards, and 4
are in color). Further illustrated with 1,352 text woodcuts. Orig.
pictorial textured green cloth stamped in gilt, spines faded to tan.
Fore-edge of front cover of Vol. II with an old water stain, and some
very minor fraying at foot of spine.    $275.00 (trade discount allowed)

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