Pool, M.J. The Gardens of Florence.
1st. Ed. Pub. Rizzoli. 1992 pp.221 with col. photos. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw., with very gently sunned spine.
A photographic tour of some thirty Florentine gardens with literary observations on the subject.
£22.50 [ref: 68042]

Pratt, Anne & Miller, Thomas. The Language of Flowers. The Associations of Flowers. Popular Tales of Flowers.
1st. Ed. Pub. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. [n.d. c.1870] pp.352. 8vo. Hardback. Contents nr. fine. Original green cloth boards in thor. vg. / nr. fine condition. With stamp of John Robertson, 69 Bold Street, Fleetwood and insc. below reading ‘Sept. 20th 1919’. Scarce.
£135.00 [ref: 60798]

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Pratt, Anne & Miller, Thomas. The Language of Flowers. The Associations of Flowers. Popular Tales of Flowers.
1st. Ed. Pub. Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. [n.d. c.1870] pp.352. 8vo. Hardback. Contents nr. fine. Original green cloth boards in thor. vg. condition. Scarce.
£100.00 [ref: 60797]

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Prest, J. The Garden of Eden. The Botanic Garden and the Re-Creation of Paradise.
1st. Ed. Pub. Yale. 1981 pp.122 with colour and b/w. illus. Small 4to. Minor spotting o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
‘Explores the development of the Botanic Garden in Europe in the light of this view in the world and shows how the famous early gardens in Paris, Oxford, Padua, Leyden and Uppsala sought to re-create the Garden of Eden.’.
£15.00 [ref: 60879]

Punch, W.T. (ed). Keeping Eden. A History of Gardening in America.
1st. Ed. Pub. Bulfinch Press. 1992 pp.x, 277 with colour photos. and illus. throughout. 4to. Fine hardback in fine dw.
This work is an illustrated compendium by some of America’s top garden writers, historians and designers. It depicts the many varied aspects of American garden history across 16 chapters.
£14.00 [ref: 37584]

Quest-Ritson, C. The English Garden Abroad.
Pub. Viking. 1992 pp.232 with colour and b/w. photographs throughout. A vg. copy in same dw.
£12.00 [ref: 42027]

Quest-Ritson, C. The English Garden. A Social History.
1st. Ed. Rep. Pub. Penguin. 2003 pp.280 with colour photos. and illus. throughout. Small 4to. Nr. fine softback.
In this work, Charles Quest-Ritson seeks to answer the key question of ‘why people garden?’, revealing much about changing English society along the way.
£7.50 [ref: 62003]

R.H. Bath Ltd (Wisbech, Cambridgeshie). Bath’s Home Grown Bulbs 1937 Catalogue. The Floral Farms Wisbech. Roses, Peonies, Etc.
1st. Ed. Pub. R.H. Bath. 1937 pp.64 with 4 col. plates & b/w. photos. throughout. Large 8vo. Nr. fine softback with col. pictorial covers. With an unused Bath Ltd., Order Sheet and Self-addressed envelope loosely inserted. Scarce.
A extensive, very well illustrated, catalogue of English-grown Bulbs (Hyacinths, Narcissi, Tulips), Roses, Peonies, Fruit Bushes, Raspberry Canes, Strawberry Plants and more. With cultivation tips and Award information.
£15.00 [ref: 69807]

Rambach, P. and S. Gardens of Longevity. In China and Japan. The art of the stone raisers.
1st. Ed. Pub. Skira / Rizzoli. 1987 pp.231 with colour and b/w. photographs and illus. throughout. Folio. Fine hardback in thor. vg. dw. Comes with publisher’s Chronological Chart bookmark which details the Chinese dynasties and Japanese periods with dates of main events referred to in the book.
Detailed and very well illustrated work on the use of rock and stone in Chinese and Japanese gardens through time.
£65.00 [ref: 44199]

Raphael, S. Les Plaisirs du Jardinage. French Garden Design 1680-1860.
1st. Ed. Pub. Hazlitt, Gooden and Fox. 1993 pp.38 with col. & b.w. plates. Small 4to. Nr. fine softback.
An exhibition catalogue of 25 plans and illustrations (with supporting text) depicting the landscape architecture and garden designs of France in the 18th and 19th centuries.
£5.00 [ref: 71368]