Printed Books & Manuscripts

Abercrombie (John) - The Complete Forcing-Gardener, first edition , 2 advertisement ff. bound after contents f., neat ink underlining and margi...

A Philosophical Treatise of Husbandry and Gardening A Philosophical Treatise of Husbandry and Gardening: being a new method of cultivating and i...

America.- Lockwood (Alice G.B.) - Gardens of Colony and State, 2 vol., original cloth, gilt, [New York], 1931-1934 § Williams (Dorothy Hunt) ...

Harris (John) - Gardens of Delight, The Rococo English Landscape of Thomas Robins the Elder, 2 vol., one of 515 sets, 15 mounted plates, origina...

Repton (Humphry).- Malins (Edward) - The Red Books of Humphry Repton, 4 vol., one of 515 sets, plates, some colour and with overlays, a few mou...

Wrighte (William) - Grotesque Architecture or Rural Amusement, new edition, engraved frontispiece and 28 plates, a few spots, contemporary half ...

Bindings.- Maund (Benjamin) - The Fruitist; a Treatise on Orchard and Garden Fruits 72 hand-coloured wood-engraved illustrations, crushed pictor...

and Charles Clover Highgrove Portrait of an Estate ( HRH The Prince of Wales ) and Charles Clover Highgrove Portrait of an Estate, signe...

On the Making of Gardens, limited edition, colour plates by John Piper ( Sir George) On the Making of Gardens , limited edition, colour pla...

The Theory and Practice of Gardening: Wherein is Fully Handled All that... The Theory and Practice of Gardening: Wherein is Fully Handled All th...

Duhamel du Monceau (Henri Louis) - A Practical Treatise of Husbandry, [translated and edited by John Mills], first edition in English , titl...

Duke (J.) - The Compleat Florist, fine engraved frontispiece, title within floral border and 100 plates, occasional spotting or finger-marking, ...

Formal Gardens in England and Scotland. Their Planning and Arrangement... Formal Gardens in England and Scotland. Their Planning and Arrangement...

British Florist (The) or Lady`s Journal of Horticulture, 6 vol., 81 engraved hand-coloured plates, paper guards, titles foxed, occasional spott...

Florist (The) [and The Florist, Fruitist and Garden Miscellany], 14 vol., 189 hand-coloured lithographed plates, tissue guards, occasional spot...

Hogg (Robert) and John Spencer. - The Florist and Pomologist, 13 vol., 191 lithographed plates all but 12 either handcolored or color-printed ...

Loudon (Jane Webb) - The Ladies` Flower-Garden of Ornemental Annuals, first edition , 48 hand-coloured lithographed plates, lacking half-title,...

Thornton (Robert John) - Temple of Flora, one of 250 copies of the special edition, plates, tissue guards, original half crushed morocco, origin...

France.- Estienne (Charles) - L`Agriculture et Maison Rustique, title in red and black, woodcut illustrations, occasional worming, affecting a f...

Profitable Insructions [sic] for the Manuring, Sowing Profitable Insructions [sic] for the Manuring, Sowing, and Planting of Kitchin Gardens. Ve...

Groen (Jan van der) - Le Jardinier du Pays-Bas, ou? sont de?scrites toutes sortes de belles Maisons de plaisance & de campagne, & comment on...

[A New Herball, wherin are conteyned the names of herbes in Greke, Latin [A New Herball, wherin are conteyned the names of herbes in Greke, Lati...

Gerard (John) - The Herball or Generall historie of Plantes, first edition , engraved title within ornate historiated border and with woodcut...

Parkinson (John) - Theatrum Botanicum: The Theater of Plants, first edition , numerous woodcut botanical illustrations, contemporary ink marg...

Salmon (William) - Botanologia. The English Herbal: or History of Plants, first edition , engraved additional pictorial title by K.Cyrus afte...

Herbs & Vegetables.- Campbell (Susan) - Charleston Kedding. A History of Kitchen Gardening, illustrations, original boards, dust-jacket, 1996 ...

[Hibberd (Shirley)] - Greenhouse Favourites, A Description of Choice Greenhouse Plants, 36 chromolithographed plates, tissue guards, illustration...

Hill (Thomas) - The proffitable Arte of Gardening, 2 parts in 1, black letter, titles within typographical borders, portrait of author to verso...

Husbandry.- Tusser (Thomas) - Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry, black letter, a few ink spots, occasional spotting, lightly browned, later ...

Italian Gardens, colour plates, occasional spotting, original cloth, gilt (George S., artist ) Italian Gardens , colour plates, occasional ...

Jekyll (Gertrude) - Garden Ornament, first edition , tipped-in colour frontispiece, profusely illustrated in black and white, original cloth, s...

Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants cultivated in the Royal... Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants cultivated in the Royal...

Maison Rustique, or The Covntrie Farme?Also a short collection of the... Maison Rustique, or The Covntrie Farme Also a short collection of the h...

Mascall (Leonard) - A Booke of the Arte and maner, howe to plant and graffe all sortes of trees, second edition, woodcut vignette to title, plat...

[Mascall (Leonard) and Reginald Scot] - The Country-mans Recreation, or the Art of Planting, Grafting, and Gardening..., 3 parts in 1, first ed...

Matthews (William Henry) - Mazes and Labyrinths: A General Account of their History and Developments, plates and illustrations, original cloth-b...

Mattioli (Pietro Andrea) - I Discorsi, numerous woodcut illustrations, ruled throughout in red, lacking title, q5, r2, O6, P2 and 2Q6 (final f.)...

Parkinson (John) - Paradisi in Sole Paradisus Terrestris, first edition, first issue (with `amend` at end of line 4 A1r), fine woodcut title, ...

runs of the Journal of the Royal Horticulture Society; Garden History The... runs of the Journal of the Royal Horticulture Society; Garden Histo...

Plinius Secundus (Gaius) - The Historie of the World, Commonly called The Naturall Historie..., translated by Philemon Holland, 2 vol. in 1, fi...

Rohde (Eleanour Sinclair) - The Old English Gardening Books, some spotting, original cloth-backed boards, spotted, 1924 § Poynter (F.N.L.) A B...

Creating Small Formal Gardens, signed presentation copy from the author to... ( Sir Roy) Creating Small Formal Gardens , signed presentatio...

The Nobleman, Gentleman, and Gardener`s Recreation The Nobleman, Gentleman, and Gardener`s Recreation: or, an Introduction to Gardening, Plantin...

An Introduction to a General System of Hydrostaticks and Hydraulicks An Introduction to a General System of Hydrostaticks and Hydraulicks, Philo...

Theophrastus. - De Historia Plantarum Libri Decem, first edition , double column. text in Latin and Greek, engraved pictorial title, numerous w...

Thouin (Gabriel) - Plans Raisonnés de toutes les Espèces de Jardins, 57 lithographed plates by Motte and Bernard after Thouin, some plates with ...

De l`Exploitation des Bois, ou Moyens de Tirer un parti avantageux des Taillis De l`Exploitation des Bois, ou Moyens de Tirer un parti avantageu...

Evelyn (John) - Sylva, or a Discourse of Forest-Trees and Propagation of Timber in his Majesties Dominions, second edition, initial imprimatur f...

A Sure Method of Improving Estates, by Plantations of Oak, Elm, Ash, Beech A Sure Method of Improving Estates, by Plantations of Oak, Elm, Ash, ...

The Country-mans new Art of Planting and Graffing The Country-mans new Art of Planting and Graffing: directing the best way to make any ground g...

Taylor (Joseph) - Arbores Mirabiles: or, A Description of the Most Remarkable Trees, Plants and Shrubs, first edition , engraved frontispiece a...

Vegetarianism.- E[velyn] J[ohn] - Acetaria. A Discourse of Sallets, first edition , folding table of different species of `sallets`, errata f. ...

Verey (Rosemary) - The Garden in Winter, Rosemary Verey`s copy, marked `My copy, Please do not Take Away!` on dust-jacket, 1988; Good Planti...

Where it all started.- Singer (Charles) - The Herbal in Antiquity, offprint from The Journal of Hellenic Studies, colour plates, short tear to u...

Systema Horti-Culturæ: or, The Art of Gardening· In three books. The I Systema Horti-Culturæ: or, The Art of Gardening· In three books. The I. t...

[Bianchi (Simon Giovanni)] ""Janus Plancus"" - De Conchis minus notis Liber..., 5 engraved folding plates, British Museum library stamps to p.88...

Born (Ignaz Edler Von) - Testacea Musei Caesarei Vindobonensis..., engraved vignette title and numerous head- and tail-pieces, 18 folding engrav...

Bosc (L.A.G.) - Histoire naturelle des coquilles, contenant leur description, les moeurs des animaux qui les habitent et leurs usages, 5 vol., ...

Chemnitz (Johann Hieronymus) - Kleine Beyträge zur Testaceotheologie, oder, Zur Erkäntniss Gottes aus den Conchylien, engraved frontispiece and ...

Chenu (Jean Charles) - Manuel de Conchyliologie et de Paleontologie Conchyliologique, 2 vol. in 1, contemporary half morocco, gilt, g.e., Paris...