John Claudius Loudon

Arboretum Et Fruticetum Britannicum; or, the trees and shrubs of Britain, native and foreign, hardy and half-hardy, pictorially and botanically delineated, and scientifically and popularly described; with their propagation, culture, management and uses in the arts, in useful and ornamental plantations, and in landscape-gardening; preceded by a historical and geographical outline of the trees and shrubs of temperate climates throughout the world.

London: printed for the Author, sold by Longman, Orme, Brown, Green & Longmans 1838 8 vols, 8vo. Contemporary full green morocco, (spines slightly faded), a.e.g. Illustrated with 412 hand-coloured zinc engravings, 20 of which are double-page. Some very light rubbing, else a fine set. An exhaustingly comprehensive and rare work covering all the trees and shrubs known to grow in Great Britain. Although the uncolored copies appear frequently, the hand colored sets are rare and this is a very attractive copy.

• USD 12,000.00 > other currencies
• ordernr.: 13870

• bookseller: J.N. Bartfield (USA)