Miller, Philip. The Gardeners Kalendar, Directing what Works are Neceffary to be done every month in the Kitchen, Fruit and Pleafure Gardens, And in the Conservatory.
5th. Ed. Printed for C. Rivington, London. 1739 pp. xv, 333, [xi] with illus. frontis. 8vo. Hardback. Contents nr fine. Recent handsome half-calf over marbled boards with gilt lettering, decoration and raised bands in fine condition. A very pleasing copy.
The long-title continues ‘With an Account of the particular Seasons for the Propagation and Ufe of all Sorts of Esculent Plants and Fruits proper for the Table, and of all Sorts of Flowers, Plants and Trees, that flower every Month.
£225.00 [ref: 68556]

Milner, H.E. The Art and Practice of Landscape Gardening. With Plans and Illustrations.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Author & Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. 1890 pp.116 with 22 plates of sepia etchings and col. plans. 4to. Hardback. TEG. Occ. very minor spotting o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front in nr. fine condition.
The author was the son of Edward Milner, who was the colleague for many years of Sir Joseph Paxton, and the younger Milner worked for many years with his father and succeeded him as director of the Crystal Palace School of Gardening.
£325.00 [ref: 68548]

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Milner, H.E. The Art and Practice of Landscape Gardening. With Plans and Illustrations.
1st. Ed. Pub. The Author & Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. 1890 pp.116 with 22 plates of sepia etchings and col. plans. 4to. Hardback. TEG. Occ. very minor spotting o/w. contents fine. Original cloth boards with gilt lettering to spine and front in thor. vg. to nr. fine condition.
The author was the son of Edward Milner, who was the colleague for many years of Sir Joseph Paxton, and the younger Milner worked for many years with his father and succeeded him as director of the Crystal Palace School of Gardening.
£295.00 [ref: 67763]

Moffett, Thomas. [Moffat, Mouffet or Muffet]. Insectorum sive minimorum Animalium Theatrum. Olim ab Edoardo Wottono, Conrado Gesnero, Thomaque Pennio inchoatum.
1st. Ed. 1st. Iss. Pub. London. 1634 pp.[xx], 326, [iv] with woodcuts throughout the text, last 4 leaves with woodcut illus. Royal 4to. Hardback. Title page professionally reinforced at gutter, lightly chipped to fore-edge. Overall, contents in nr. fine condition. Contemporary full-calf boards in thoroughly vg. condition, more recent spine in fine condition. A very pleasing copy indeed. One of three variant imprints, Lisney identifies this variant as the first issue given the appearance of ‘apud Benjam, Allen’ on the title page. Lisney 3, British Bee Books 25.
A very significant work indeed. A first edition, first issue, copy of the first book about insects published in Britain. Partly compiled from the writings of Edward Wotton, Conrad Gesner and Gesner's assistant Thomas Penny, Moffett's copiously illustrated treatise remained the ‘standard work’ on insects until the early 1700s.
£8,750.00 [ref: 57767]

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Montagu, George. Ornithological Dictionary ; or Alphabetical Synopsis of British Birds. Vols. I & II. [with] Supplement to the Ornithological Dictionary or Synopsis of British Birds..
1st. Ed. Pub. J. White, London & S. Woolmer, Exeter. 1802 - 1813 Three volumes bound in two with 24 hand-coloured plates and one further uncol. plate. 8vo. Hardback. With charming armorial bookplate of John Martin Leake to front pastedown of both volumes. With Publisher’s Errata leaf for each volume. Some spotting to contents, more so to Vols. I & II, some offsetting to plates o/w. contents fine. More recent handsome quarter calf leather over marbled boards - some light rubbing to marbling o/w. bindings fine. A very pleasing set with the very seldom seen hand-coloured plates - ‘A few copies [of the Supplement] hand coloured for select clients’ (Dance).
‘Montagu, one of the most eminent ornithologists of his day, was born in 1751 at the family seat, Lackham House in Wiltshire.....By far his most important work is his celebrated ‘Ornithological Dictionary’ (Mullens and Swann).
£725.00 [ref: 71824]

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Moore, Thomas & Paul, W. The Florist and Pomologist (1872). a Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits, and General Horticulture.
Pub. Journal of Horticulture. 1872 pp.288 with 12 colour chromolithograph plates. 8vo. A little foxing to text and borders of plates. One closed tear to fold of fold-out plate, o/w. contents in vg. condition. Bound in green half calf-leather with marbled boards. Raised bands, gilt decoration and lettering to spine - very good to fine condition. Marbling to fore-edges of text-block. A lovely copy. VG. condition.
£220.00 [ref: 40467]

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Moore, Thomas & Paul, W. The Florist and Pomologist (1873). a Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits, and General Horticulture.
Pub. Journal of Horticulture. 1873 pp.292 with 24 fine colour chromolithographs of fruit and flowers. 8vo. A little foxing to prelims. and on the reverse of a few plates o/w. contents in fine condition. Bound in green half calf-leather with marbled boards. Raised bands, gilt decoration and lettering to spine - very good to fine condition. Marbling to fore-edges of text-block. A lovely copy. VG. to fine condition.
A fascinating insight into gardening of the period. New plants collected by the plant hunters of the period including the Veitch family are presented along with practical advice on cultivation, garden design and more. Notices and obituaries compliment the text.
£350.00 [ref: 40464]

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Moore, Thomas. The Florist and Pomologist (1875). a Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits, and General Horticulture.
Pub. Journal of Horticulture. 1875 pp.292 with 24 fine colour chromolithograph plates. 8vo. A little foxing to prelims. and some areas of text. Plates clean. Overall contents in very good to fine condition. Bound in green half calf-leather with marbled boards. Raised bands, gilt decoration and lettering to spine - very good to fine condition. Marbling to fore-edges of text-block. A lovely copy. VG. condition.
A lovely insight into gardening and horticulture of the period.
£350.00 [ref: 40466]

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Moore, Thomas. The Florist and Pomologist (1876). a Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits, and General Horticulture.
Pub. Journal of Horticulture. 1876 pp.288 with 24 fine colour chromolithograph plates. 8vo. Scattered foxing at ends and small amounts to text and a few plates. A minor amount of ink bleed to top edge of some pages caused by an old spill of red ink to small area to top of text block. Otherwise contents clean and in very good condition. Bound in green half calf-leather with marbled boards. Raised bands, gilt decoration and lettering to spine - very good to fine condition. Marbling to fore-edges of text-block. A lovely copy. VG. condition.
£350.00 [ref: 40468]

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Moore, Thomas. The Florist and Pomologist (1877). a Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits, and General Horticulture.
Pub. Kent & Co. 1877 pp.286 with 24 fine colour chromolithographs of fruit and flowers. 8vo. A little foxing to some text. Plates clean. Fold-out plate has a few closed tears, o/w. contents in thoroughly very good condition. Bound in green half calf-leather with marbled boards. Raised bands, gilt decoration and lettering to spine - very good to fine condition. Marbling to fore-edges of text-block. A lovely copy. VG. condition.
A lovely insight into gardening and horticulture of the period. This particular volume includes an article on new ornamental Japanese Pears, new forms of Primula and shrubs introduced by the Veitch family. Come with notices, information on garden shows and gardening association competitions and obituaries of notable people of the time.
£300.00 [ref: 40465]

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