1902 GILT Tree Calf FINE Reviere BINDING Roses BOTANY English Gardens FLOWERS

Description: [Fine Bindings; English Gardens] ROSES FOR ENGLISH GARDENS Fine Reviere Custom Binding Covent Garden, 1902 Roses for English Gardens. Gertrude Jekyll and Edward Mawley, London: Country Life & George Newnes, 1902. Quarto [App. 9 x 6 in.] First edition, first issue of Jekyll's expansive book on roses, in an extraordinary Reviere binding. Jekyll's work describes both the variety of roses available and how to use them in the garden. Gertrude Jekyll (1843-1932) was a British horticulturist, garden designer, and craftswoman. She created over 400 gardens in the United Kingdom, Europe, and the United States, and her prolific and enduring advice on gardening, published across magazines, books, and journals, remain an influential reference for gardeners to this day. Finely bound by Reviere in a polished tree-calf leather binding with five gilt raised bands. Gilt design to spine depicting a series of roses, black label with title and names of authors. Dentelles to hand marbled end papers, gilt edges. With 148 plates after photographs by the author. A fine copy _____________________________________ Items listed on eBay are merely representative of our broader inventory. We specialize in early printed works in English, with a particular focus on first editions and significant printings of the Bible in English. Our stock includes a range of Tyndale New Testaments, as well as first editions of the Coverdale Bible (1535), the Matthews Bible (1537), the Great Bible (1539), the Geneva Bible (1560), the Bishops Bible (1568) and the King James Bible (1611). Please do not hesitate to enquire regarding other early printed books and manuscripts.

Price: 1450 USD

Location: Birmingham, Alabama

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