The Pinetum. Being a Synopsis of all the Coniferous Plants at Present Known, with Descriptions, History and Synonyms, and a Comprehensive Systematic Index
London, Henry G. Bohn, 1880 ('third issue with additions')/ 1875/ 1858.
Octavo, [ii], xxiv, 484, 36 (Waterer's Knaphill Nursery's catalogue), 12 (Richard Smith's catalogue, 1875), 24 (William Barron & Sons' catalogue, 1875), 28 (Lawson Seed & Nursery Company catalogue, November 1874) pages.
Original green sand-grain cloth stamped in gily and black; covers a little flecked, with some tiny patches of wear to the corner and rear joint; corners slightly bumped; scattered light foxing and a few pencil marks internally; a very good copy.
This 'considerably enlarged' edition includes: 'An Alphabetical Reference-List of all the coloured plates of the Genus Pinus published in the Great Works of Lambert, Lawson, and Forbes' by Henry G. Bohn. The four nursery catalogues bound in at the end are additional useful resource. Provenance: With the armorial Richard Edward Thomson of Kenfield (born Edward Toker; married Clarissa Champion Crespigny); later ownership signature of South Australian businessman and pastoralist Charles Frederick Rischbieth.
Item #128739
Price (AUD):
$200.00