[Gardening] Paxton, (Joseph), Paxton's Magazine of
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[Gardening] Paxton, (Joseph)
Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants
London: Orr and Smith, 1834-1838. In four volumes (Vols. 1-4 only, of 16). First edition. 8vo. Illustrated with 254 hand-colored engraved plates (including 22 double-page plates) and numerous in-text woodcut illustrations; with tissue guards. Modern quarter red morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, spine stamped in gilt, green morocco spine labels; marbled edges; later endpapers. Scattered offsetting from plates; text lightly toned. Nissen BBI 2351; [Stafleu & Cowan 7554].Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-1865), was a British gardener, architect, member of Parliament, and the head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth House. Known for his design of the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition in London in 1851.
Paxton's Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants
London: Orr and Smith, 1834-1838. In four volumes (Vols. 1-4 only, of 16). First edition. 8vo. Illustrated with 254 hand-colored engraved plates (including 22 double-page plates) and numerous in-text woodcut illustrations; with tissue guards. Modern quarter red morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, spine stamped in gilt, green morocco spine labels; marbled edges; later endpapers. Scattered offsetting from plates; text lightly toned. Nissen BBI 2351; [Stafleu & Cowan 7554].Sir Joseph Paxton (1803-1865), was a British gardener, architect, member of Parliament, and the head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire at Chatsworth House. Known for his design of the Crystal Palace for the Great Exhibition in London in 1851.
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