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    By Eleanour Sinclair Rohde
    London   Herbert Jenkins Limited
    9" by 6" 242 [6] pp.
    A beautifully illustrated first edition blending biblical horticulture and cultural history in an engaging, scholarly exploration of ancient gardening traditions, complete with the original dust wrapper.
    By Eleanour Sinclair Rohde

    1927 Garden-Craft in the Bible and Other Essays

    London   Herbert Jenkins Limited
    9" by 6" 242 [6] pp.
    A beautifully illustrated first edition blending biblical horticulture and cultural history in an engaging, scholarly exploration of ancient gardening traditions, complete with the original dust wrapper.
    £60.00
    : 0.75kgs / : 965H26
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    Description

    First Edition, Illustrated, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce, With Dustwrapper

    In the publisher's original beige cloth with paper boards.

    This volume is a first edition, complete with the very scarce original unclipped dust wrapper.

    This edition features 25 monochrome plate illustrations, including a frontispiece illustration of the Garden of Eden. Collated, complete.

    A fascinating study of gardening references in the Bible, such as irrigation, sacred trees, gardens of Eden, and terrace designs. Containing sixteen essays, which include 'Old Bee Books', 'Garden Music', 'The Charm of the Sundial', 'The Elizabethan Garden', 'Gardens of the Pharoahs', and 'Oxford Gardens'.

    Authored by noted British horticulturalist and garden historian Eleanour Sinclair Rohde (1881–1950), best known for promoting herb gardens and increasing their popularity. She wrote for The Field, My Garden, The Cornhill Magazine and The Queen.

    Condition

    In the publisher's original cloth binding with paper boards. Externally, very smart. Very slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Slight discolouration to left side of spine label, with lower left corner slightly lifting, but holding firm, with a very minor closed tear. Slight offsetting to endpapers. Dust wrapper, a little worn. Loss to front panel, partially obscuring the title. The odd ship and loss to extremities, particularly to head and tail of spine. Slightly age toned with scattered spotting and slight soiling. Small inscription to front flap. The odd slight spot of damp staining to spine. Internally, firmly bound, aside from the frontispiece which has become disbound. Pages bright and clean, if slightly age toned with the odd spot, heavier to first and last few leaves and fore edge.

    Very Good

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