The Amateur Gardener. Second Edition (greatly enlarged) of the Fruit, Flower, and Vegetable Garden
Adelaide, E.S. Wigg & Son, 1877 (second edition).
Duodecimo, 132, [4] (index), 8 (advertisements) pages.
Original quarter contrasting (red and green) cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover; covers a little rubbed and bumped at the extremities, with minor restoration to the joints, and slight wear to the head of the spine; cloth a little marked and flecked; front flyleaf a well-matched replacement; first and last leaves offset; occasional light scattered foxing; a very good copy.
A rarity: we have handled only four copies in over 46 years, and this is a parochial publication. Ernst Bernhard Heyne (1825-1881), botanist and horticulturist, 'was a prodigious writer. Though overshadowed by von Mueller, his botanical and horticultural work greatly contributed to the early development of [the] two colonies' of Victoria and South Australia ('Australian Dictionary of Biography', making a rare error in not recording accurately this edition). Ferguson 10397; Crittenden 53 (with a lengthy commentary on its importance). The first edition was published as 'The Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Garden' in 1871 (Ferguson 10396, recording only one copy; Crittenden 47, 'not sighted'; Trove records only 15 copies of all five editions, from the first of 1871 to the facsimile reprint of the third of 1979).
Item #107647
Price (AUD):
$1,100.00