Lot 1270
Hill, Eden
sold
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sold
Auction schedule:
15th Nov. 2017 session starting 9:30 a.m.
(Hill, J.). Eden: or, a compleat body of gardening. Containing plain and familiar directions for raising the several useful products of a garden, fruits, roots, and herbage; from the practise of the most successful gardeners, and the result of a long experience. London, T. Osborne a.o., 1757. Gr.-fol. (42,5:27,5cm). Mit kol. gest. Front. u. 60 altkol. Kupfertafeln. IV S., 1 Bl., 714 S., 1 Bl. Hldr. d. Zt. mit Rsch., berieben u. bestoßen, Vordergelenk gebrochen.
First edition, with engr. col. front. and 60 engr. plates in magnificent contemporary colouring, with a number of figures of plants on each plate. "'Eden' contains descriptions and cultural details concerning the various products of the garden under the time of year in which they flower or fruit, the phrase name used by Linnaeus for each plant is given, and each is refered to its place in that author's sexual system, which is explained" (Henrey II, p. 98). - Fine copy; slight staining to title, plate 30 trimmed into neatline, no loss. Contemporary half-calf, rubbed and worn, upper joint cracked.
Nissen, BBI 880; Stafleu-C. 2770; Henrey 776; Great Flower Books 59. - Erste Ausgabe. Prachtvoll kolorierte Blumendarstellungen, meist ca. 6 auf einer Tafel, nach Zeichnungen von Edwards, Van Huysum, S. Wale und Hill selbst. - Innen sauber. Titel leicht fleckig; Tafel 30 bis über den Plattenrand angeschnitten ohne Bildverlust, Vorsatz mit Exlibris.