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1912 The Rock Garden
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Description
Colour Plates, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding
Present-Day series. Illustrated with eight colour plates. Collated complete. A detailed guide to the rock garden with chapters on dianthus alpinus, viola gracilis, saxifraga cochlearis, and primula hirsuta, amongst others. Written by Reginald John Farrer, a traveller and plant collector noted for his travels to Asia in search of a variety of plants, many of which he brought back to England. Dated from the British Library.
Condition
In the original paper covered boards. Externally, smart with minor rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Light sunning to the spine with the odd small mark to the boards. Internally, firmly bound with frontispiece detached but present. Pages are very bright with light scattered spotting and age toning to the endpapers.
Very Good
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