Gardens & Landscape

Gardens & Landscape

Results 1 - 17 (of 17)

COOK, Moses

The manner of raising, ordering, and improving forest-trees: With directions how to plant, make, and keep woods, walks, avenues, lawns, hedges, &c. Also rules and tables shewing how the ingenious planter may measure superficial figures, divide woods or land, and measure timber and other solid bodies, either by arithmetick or geometry: with the uses of that excellent line, the line of numbers, by several new examples; and many other rules, useful for most men

London: Printed for Daniel Browne, Andrew Bell, John Darby, Arthur Bettesworth, John Pemberton, Charles Rivington, John Hooke, R. Cruttenden and T. Cox, Jer. Battley, Edward Symon, M.DCC.XVII. [1717]. Early Reprint. Full Calf. The Second Edition, "very much corrected," of this influential treatise by the head gardener to the Earl of..... more

Price: $865.00

EVELYN, John (1620-1707)

Silva [Sylva]: or, a discourse of forest-trees, and the propagation of timber in his Majesty’s dominions: ... Together with an historical account of the sacredness and use of standing groves. By John Evelyn, ... With notes by A. Hunter, .. [bound with] Terra: a philosophical discourse of Earth. Relating to the culture and improvement of it for vegetation, and the propagation of plants, as it was presented to the Royal Society. By J. Evelyn, Esq; F.R.S. With notes by A. Hunter, M. D. F.R.S [First Hunter Editions]

York: Printed by A. Ward for J. Dodsley; T. Cadell; J. Robson; and T. Durham, London. W. Creech and J. Balfour, Edinburgh [through 1787], 1776. First Edition thus. First Hunter Edition (sixth overall, first published 1664), virtually doubling the size of the original text, with the scarce 10pp advertisement (ESTC... more

Price: $2,365.00

GILPIN, William (1724-1804)

Observations On The River Wye, And Several Parts Of South Wales, &c. Relative Chiefly To Picturesque Beauty; Made In The Summer Of The Year 1770.

London: printed for R. Blamire, in the Strand, M.DCC.XCII. [1792]. Early Reprint. Quarter-Bound Calf. 8vo: [xvi],152,[2]pp, including final advertisement leaf and 17 full-page oval aquatints (without titles, numbers, signatures or imprints). Recent quarter calf, smooth spine in five compartments (two with central gilt tools) divided by double rules, red morocco..... more

Price: $585.00

GILPIN, William (1724-1804)

Observations On The River Wye, And Several Parts Of South Wales, &c. Relative Chiefly To Picturesque Beauty; Made In The Summer Of The Year 1770. [Large Paper Issue]

London: printed for R. Blamire, in the Strand, M.DCC.LXXXIX [1789]. Second Edition. A very beautifully bound Large Paper Issue (ESTC Citation No.T98996) of Gilpin's first picturesque tour. Broad royal 8vo: [xvi],152pp, including final advertisement leaf and 17 full-page oval aquatints (without titles, numbers, signatures or imprints). Contemporary full mottled calf..... more

Price: $585.00

GILPIN, William (1724-1804)

Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1772, on several parts of England; particularly the mountains, and lakes of Cumberland, and Westmoreland

London: printed for R. Blamire, Strand, M.DCC.LXXXVI [1786]. Full Calf. First Edition of one of the earliest guides to the Lake district, complete in two volumes. 8vo: [4],xxxi,[1],xvi,230; [4],268,xivpp, with 30 sepia acquaints and soft-ground etched plates, including 3 maps with watercolor wash, by Joseph Farington. Full cat's-paw calf, boards... more

Price: $785.00

GILPIN, William (1724-1804)

Observations, relative chiefly to picturesque beauty, made in the year 1776, on several parts of Great Britain; particularly the high-lands of Scotland

London: printed for R. Blamire, Strand, M.DCC.XCII [1792]. Second Edition. Full Calf. Complete in two octavo volumes. viii,xii,221,[1]; [2],xvi,195,[1]pp, with 40 plates, of which 35 are hand-colored aquatints (including five plans) and five are soft-ground etchings. (In vol. II, "An Account of the Prints" and "Translation of Latin Passages," sometimes..... more

Price: $485.00

GILPIN, William (1724-1804)

Remarks on forest scenery, and other woodland views, (relative chiefly to picturesque beauty) illustrated by the scenes of New-Forest in Hampshire. In three books

London: printed for R. Blamire, Strand, M.DCC.XCI. [1791]. First Edition. Hardcover. First Edition of this seminal work, complete in two volumes. Tall 8vo's: [4],vii,[1],328,iv,7,[1]; [4],308,iii,[1],xxpp, with 32 leaves of tinted aquatints and soft-ground etchings by Samuel Aikin. Recent cinnamon ribbed cloth spines stamped in gilt, beige paper-covered boards. Remarkably well-preserved..... more

Price: $965.00

GIRARDIN, René Louis, Vicomte d'Ermenoville (1735-1808)

An essay on landscape; or, on the means of improving and embellishing the country round our habitations. Translated from the French . . .

London: printed for J. Dodsley, Pall-Mall, M.DCC.LXXXIII [1783]. First Edition thus. Half-Calf. First (and only) Edition in English, translated from the French; considered the more valuable for its 55 page introduction by the translator. Small 8vo: [2],lv,[1],160pp, with copper-engraved frontispiece of the Ile des Peupliers. Nineteenth-century black calf flat spine..... more

Price: $1,650.00

GROEN, Jan van der / NYLAND, Pieter

[Garden Design] Den Nederlandtsen Hovenier : beschrijvende alderhande Princelijcke en Heerlijcke Lusthoven en Hofsteden . . . [bound with] De Nieuwe Verstandigen Hovenier, Over de twaelf Maenden van't Jaer . . . [and with] De Medicyn-Winckel, of Ervaren Huys-Houder . . . Den Naerstigen Byen-Houder . . . Den verstandigen Kock

Amsterdam: Marcus Doornick, 1675. Early Reprint. Three books in one quarto volume, including Den Nederlandtsen Hovenier, the most influential horticultural manual from the golden age of Dutch garden design. Bound in contemporary vellum and printed in black, Roman and italic letter. I. Den Nederlandtsen Hovenier: [30],96,[2]pp (p. 96 misnumbered 69)... more

Price: $3,650.00

[John EVELYN] QUINTINYE [Quintinie], Jean de la (1626-1688)

[Instructions pour les jardins fruitiers et potagers] The compleat gard’ner; or, Directions for cultivating and right ordering of fruit-gardens and kitchen-gardens; with divers reflections on several parts of husbandry. In six books. By the famous Monsr. De La Quintinye, chief director of all the gardens of the French-King. To which is added his Treatise of orange-trees, with the raising of melons, omitted in the French editions. Made English by John Evelyn Esquire, illustrated with copper plates

London: printed for Matthew Gillyflower, at the Spread Eagle in Westminster-Hall, and James Partridge, at the Posthouse at Charing-Cross, M DC XC III. [1693]. First Edition. Full Calf. 2º: [44],184,[4],204[118 misnumbered 116; pp 117-136 omitted but text continuous],4,[4],80pp, with copper-engraved frontispiece portrait of La Quintinie, 11 plates (2 double-page) of... more

Price: $4,250.00

KNOOP, Johann Hermann (c.1706-1769)

Fructologie, ou Description des arbres fruitiers ainsi que des fruits que l'on plante et qu'on cultive ordinairement dans les jardins . . . [bound with] Pomologie, ou description des meilleures sortes de pommes et de poires, Que l'on estime & cultive le plus, soit aux Pais-Bas, soit en Allemagne, en France, en Angleterre, &c.

Amsterdam: Chez M. Magérus, Libraire, MDCCLXXI [1771]. First Edition thus. Full Calf. Rare French Edition of the first compendium of fruit arboriculture with 39 folding copper-engraved plates in fine contemporary hand coloring. Two foolscap-folio volumes bound in one: [ii],160,[iv],161-205,[1], with 19 plates (quince, cherry, plum, fig, currant, almond, chestnut, apricot..... more

Price: $5,650.00

LAURENCE [Lawrence], John (1668-1732)

The clergy-Man’s [clergyman's] recreation: shewing the pleasure and profit of the art of gardening. By John Lawrence, A.M. Rector of Yelvertoft in Northamptonshire, and sometime Fellow of Clare-Hall in Cambridge; [bound with] The gentleman’s recreation: or The second part of the art of gardening improved. Containing several new experiments and curious observations relating to fruit-trees: particularly, a new method of building walls with horizontal shelters. Illustrated with copper plates. By John Laurence, M.A. rector of Yelvertost in Northamptonshire. To which is added by way of appendix, a new and familiar way to find a most exact meridian line by the pole-star; whereby gentlemen may know the true bearings of their houses and garden walls, and regulate their clocks and watches, &c. By Edward Laurence, brother to the author of this book. [and] The fruit-garden kalendar: Or, A summary of the art of managing the fruit-garden. Teaching in order of time what is to be done therein every month in the year. Containing several new and plain directions, more particularly relating to the vine. To which is added, an appendix of the usefulness of the barometer; with some short directions how to make a right judgment of the weather. By John Laurence, M.A. rector of Yelvertost, in Northamptonshire

London: printed for Bernard Lintott, between the Temple-Gates in Fleet-Street [through 1718], 1717. Full Calf. Three volumes in one: Fifth Edition of the first, Second of the second, First of the third. 8vo: [2, the frontispiece and title page may be cancels],vi (dedication to Henry, Duke of Kent, from The... more

Price: $1,185.00

QUINTINYE [Quintinie], [Jean] de la (1626-1688)

Instruction pour les jardins fruitiers et potagers: plus un traité des Orangers et des reflexions sur l'Agriculture; avec une instruction pour la Culture del fleurs.

A Paris: Chez Charles Osmont, ruë Saint Jacques, à l'Ecu de France, M. DCC. XVI. [1716]. Early Reprint. Full Calf. Complete in two quarto volumes. [8],16,23[i. e., 32],[8],666[84 misnumbered 80],[4], with 12 copper-engraved plates (2 folding), mostly of pruning patterns and tools; [12],562,[30]pp, with one plate and woodcuts in text... more

Price: $3,850.00

REA [Rhea], John (d. 1681)

Flora: seu, De florum cultura Or, A complete florilege, furnished with all requisites belonging to a florist. The second impression corrected, with many additions, and several new plates. In III. books [Flora, Ceres & Pomona]

London: printed by T[homas]. N[ewcomb]. for George Marriott, and are to be sold at his shop, at the sign of the Temple, near the Inner-Temple Gate, in Fleetstreet, 1676. First Edition. Full Calf. First Edition of one of the most important gardening books to be published in England during the..... more

Price: $2,365.00

SACKVILLE-WEST, V. (Vita,1892–1962)

In Your Garden; [together with] In Your Garden Again; [and] More for Your Garden; [and] Even More for Your Garden

London: Michael Joseph [through 1958], 1951. First Edition. Hardcover. About Fine First Impressions of the complete set (four volumes) of Sackville-West’s garden books, in the correct matching, beautifully illustrated dust jackets (none price-clipped). Tall 8vo (200 x 128mm): 237,[1]; 178,[2]; 176; 199,[1]pp, with photographic frontispieces and 28 full-page plates. In... more

Price: $1,435.00

WHITE, Gilbert, (1720-1793)

The natural history and antiquities of Selborne, in the county of Southampton: with engravings, and an appendix

London: Printed by T. Bensley: for B. White and Son, at Horace’s Head, Fleet-Street, M,DCC,LXXXIX [1789]. First Edition. Morocco. First and only Edition published in the author's lifetime. 4to: [2],vi,468 [i.e. 466],[14]pp, with two title-page vignettes and seven plates (including the folding frontispiece, said to to contain portraits of four..... more

Price: $2,865.00

WORLIDGE, John (fl. 1660-1698)

Systema agriculturæ; the mystery of husbandry discovered . . . To which is added Kalendarium rusticum: or, The husbandmans monthly directions. . . . And Dictionarium rusticum: or, The interpretation of rustick terms

London: printed by J[ames].C[ottrell]. for Thomas Dring, at the Harrow at the corner of Chancery-Lane in Fleetstreet, 1675. Early Reprint. "The second edition [first edition, 1669] carefully corrected and amended, with many large and useful additions throughout the whole work." Folio: [36],324,[4]pp, with additional engraved title page signed: F H...... more

Price: $1,265.00

Results 1 - 17 (of 17)