King, R. The Quest for Paradise: A History of the World’s Gardens.
Pub. Mayflower Books. 1979 pp. 288 copiously illustrated in colour. Clean & tight, in dw.
£2.00 [ref: 20632]

Landsberg, S. The Medieval Garden.
Pub. Brit. Mus. nd. pp.144 with colour plates, photographs and figs. A vg. plus copy in same dw.
£15.00 [ref: 39653]

Landsberg, Sylvia. The Medieval Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. British Museum Press. [c.1995] pp.144 with colour and b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. Faint dust marks to top of text block, o/w. a fine hardback in nr. fine dw.
An examination of the many different styles of medieval gardens from small, enclosed herbers to vast cultivated parks. The author draws together manuscript descriptions and illustrations with her own historical and practical knowledge in this beautiful book.
£12.50 [ref: 56110]

Le Lievre, A. Miss Willmott of Warley Place. Her Life and Her Gardens.
Pub. Faber & Faber. 1980 pp.240 with b/w. plates. Nr. fine hdbk. in vg. plus dw. lightly faded on spine and lightly foxed on turn-ins.
£45.00 [ref: 31712]

Le Rougetal, Hazel. The Chelsea Gardener. Philip Miller 1691-1771.
1st. Ed. Pub. Nat. Hist. Mus. 1990 pp.212 with 16 coloured plates and 90 monochrome illus. 4to. A fine hardback in fine dw. RRP £14.95.
Between the years 1722-1770, under the care of Philip Miller, the apothecaries’ physic Garden at Chelsea became the most richly stocked botanic garden in Europe. This informed account places Miller’s work in the context of eighteenth-century horticulture, whilst giving a fascinating overview of events of the time.
£10.00 [ref: 54060]

Ledward, Daphne. The Victorian Garden Catalogue. A treasure trove of horticultural paraphernalia.
Rep. Ed. Pub. Studio Editions. 1995 pp.223 with colour and b/w. illus. 4to. Feint, scattered foxing to fore-edge of text block o/w. a nr. fine hdbk. in nr. fine dw.
£15.00 [ref: 52518]

Leighton, A. Early English Gardens in New England. ‘For Meate or Medicine’.
1st. Ed. Pub. Houghton Mifflin 1970 pp.xviii, 441 with b/w. illus. 8vo. Ex-lib. A vg. hardback in vg. laminated dw.
An account of over two hundred plants grown in the New World and the uses made of them, assembled from the diaries and letters of the early settlers.
£6.50 [ref: 57300]

Leith-Ross, P The John Tradescants. Gardeners to the Rose and Lily Queen.
1st. Ed. Pub. Peter Owen. 1984 pp.320 with b/w. photos. 8vo. Hardback. Faint dust marks to top edge of text block, o/w., a fine hardback in fine dw. Neat bookstamp of Anthony Huxley to ffep.
A definitive account of the lives and works of John Tradescant, father (1570-1638), and son (1608-1662). Of especial interest are the complete texts of the Tradescant’s own plant lists (with modern botanical names), dating back to 1629.
£20.00 [ref: 54751]

Lemmon, Kenneth. The Covered Garden.
1st. Ed. Pub. Museum Press. 1962 pp.284 with b/w. photos. and illus. 8vo. A vg. hdbk. in vg., chipped dw.
A very interesting insight into the development of covered-garden floriculture from the Greek and Roman times to French and Dutch developments of housing, heating and cultivation.
£12.00 [ref: 51976]

Little, Mrs. Archibald. Round About My Peking Garden.
1st. Ed. 2nd. Imp. Pub. T. Fisher Unwin. [1905] pp.284 with colour frontis. and b/w. photographs. 8vo. Scattered foxing, o/w. contents fine. TEG. A little spine lean. Original illustrated boards in vg. condition. Neat inscription dated 1922 to ffep. Scarce.
A fascinating period insight into life in and around Peking. Not only are gardens discussed, but also culture and life in China at the time. From societal distinctions to an Imperial Funeral, from looking at seaside resorts to Palaces and from Temples to customs and how not to do things in Peking.
£120.00 [ref: 49537]