BROOKSHAW, George.
The Horticultural Repository, Containing Delineations of the Best Varieties of the Different Species of English Fruits:
to which are also added, Delineations of the Blossoms and Leaves, in those Instances in which they are Considered Necessary, together with Descriptions of each Fruit, its Time of Ripening, and a Variety of other Observations essential to the Successful Pr
Description
First edition; 2 vols, 8vo, (24.6 x 15.5 cm); 104 hand-coloured stipple engraved illustrations of fruit on 98 plates, including 7 folding, scattered light spotting, occasional offsetting, some plates trimmed by the binder (as usual); contemporary green morocco, blind and gilt embossed, all edges gilt, corners slightly rubbed, overall a very good copy of a scarce work; vii, [iv], 96; 104pp.
Bibliography
Dunthorne 56; Great Flower Books p155.
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