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    By Eugenia W. Herbert
    Philadelphia   University of Pennsylvania Press
    10" by 7" xii, 382 pp.
    A first edition, first impression of Eugenia W. Herbert’s richly illustrated study of British colonial gardens in India, tracing their evolution from early settlements to the grandeur of the Raj, illustrated with colour plates.
    By Eugenia W. Herbert

    2011 Flora's Empire: British Gardens in India

    Philadelphia   University of Pennsylvania Press
    10" by 7" xii, 382 pp.
    A first edition, first impression of Eugenia W. Herbert’s richly illustrated study of British colonial gardens in India, tracing their evolution from early settlements to the grandeur of the Raj, illustrated with colour plates.
    £65.00
    : 1kgs / : 981H17
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    Description

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

    In the publisher's original cloth binding.

    First edition, first impression, complete with the full number line.

    Complete with the original unclipped dust wrapper.

    Illustrated with 10 double sided colour plates, alongside numerous monochrome photographs and illustrations. Collated, complete.

    An insightful exploration of how British colonists recreated the landscapes and aesthetics of home through gardening in India, Herbert traces the evolution of these imperial gardens, from early colonial settlements to the Raj’s grand botanical displays, drawn from letters, travel accounts, and visual sources.

    Condition

    In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, lovely. Dust wrapper, excellent, with just the slightest fading to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean.

    Fine

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