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The LADIES' ASSISTANT In The FORMATION Of THEIR FLOWER GARDENS; Containing Twenty Distinct Designs of Various Dimensions, Specially Adapted to the Present Bedding and Ordering Style, with Brief Practical Hints on the System; to Which is Added a List of the Choicest and Most Fashionable Plants for the Purpose. A List is Also Given of a Few of the Most Interesting Perennial or Herbaceous Plants for the General or English Flower Garden.
London: Longman Brown Green and Longmans, 1861. 1st edition. 28 pp of explicatory text, followed by 6 pages of lists. 24 images on 9 inserted plates. 10-3/4" x 8-1/4". Late 19th C. tan half-calf with marbled paper boards, eps & edges. Binding with wear to edges, and stain to bottom of spine. Rear board shows 4 2-3mm puncture wounds horizontal across the back, 3-3/4" from the top edge; with resultant holes severity not quite reaching the front of the book. POI to preliminary blank. A Good copy. Item #33068
Scarce book on the subject- OCLC shows just 3 cc, of which but one is in the United States.
Price: $225.00
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