Brookshaw, George. The Horticultural Repository. Containing delineations of the best varieties of the different species of English Fruits. 1st. Ed. Pub. London. [1820] -1823
Two volumes bound as one. Ex Stoke-on-Trent City Library copy, bound in ochre coloured boards - near fine condition. Spine indicates ‘Vol. I’, but it is in fact both volumes, complete with the 104 hand-coloured plates as called for (7 fold-out). Neat blind-stamp on title page through to p.2 and first plate, no further lib. markings. Measures 9 1/4 in by 5 3/4 in., with some plates trimmed when rebound. Volume 1 has full-title (not half title); whilst in volume 2 both full and half-titles removed. Overall contents very clean and in near fine condition. Two of the fold-out plates show some superficial wear to image at folds. Overall a very good, ex-library copy of this scarce and sought after work.
‘The best English fruit varieties were featured......in Brookshaw’s ‘Horticultural Repository’, which laid out verbally and visually the essential observations for a successful fruit plantation.’ (from ‘Pomona Britannica’, (2002) pub. Taschen).
£1,500.00 [Ref: 53221]