First Edition, Uncut in Original Boards

Sylva Florifera: The Shrubbery Historically and Botanically Treated; with observations on the formation of ornamental plantations and picturesque scenery.

London: Longman, Hurst, et al, 1823.

Price: $600.00


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First Edition. 2 vols. 8vo. First Edition, Uncut in Original Boards. Original blue boards, uncut, glazed clolth spine with printed paper label, slight chipping to headcaps, extremities a trifle rubbed, A FINE COPY, partially unopened.

Item #27289

A guide to ornamental planting, hedges, and picturesque botanical effects. Phillips (1775?-1838) was a Worthing banker, a Fellow of the Royal Horticultural Society, and the Linnaean Society, and the author of several botanical works including the History of Cultivated Vegetables.