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1911 Scottish Gardens: Being a Representative Selection of Different Types, Old and New
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Description
Colour Plates, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding
New edition. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece and thirty-one colour plates. Collated complete. A charming exploration of the great Scottish gardens, with special reference to the different climates of the Highlands and Lowlands. Being a collection of studies and descriptions of important gardens including: Ardgowan in Renfrewshire, Monreith in Wigtownshire, Princes Street Gardens of Edinburgh, Baberton in Midlothian, and Kellie Castle in Fife, amongst many others. Written by Sir Herbert Eustace Maxwell, a Scottish novelist, essayist, artist, antiquarian, horticulturalist, prominent salmon angler, and Conservative politician. Illustrated by Mary Georgina Wade Wilson, a Scottish artist known for her watercolor and pastel paintings.
Condition
In the original full cloth binding. Externally, smart with light rubbing to the extremities and minor fading to the spine. The odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and the odd pencil mark or annotation.
Very Good
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