Heyne ernst bernhard (3 risultati)

Hardcover. 2nd Edition. Adelaide, E.S. Wigg & Son, 1877 (second edition)/ [1871]. Duodecimo, 132, [4] (index), 8 (advertisements) pages. Original yellow papered boards printed in black on all surfaces (in red and black on the front cover, with an advertisement for the publisher at the rear); covers a little worn and marked, with slight loss to the rear top edge; endpapers marked (especially the front one, used as a watercolour palette by a child, with a few numbers written later in ink); title page a little soiled; minor signs of age and handling, but overall a very decent copy of a rare book meant to be used. This is only the fourth copy we have seen in 50 years, and Trove records only five institutional holdings. We have noted two different bindings: papered boards, as here, in two instances, and quarter contrasting (red and green) cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover, in another two instances. Ernst Bernhard Heyne (1825-1881), botanist and horticulturist, 'was a prodigious writer. Though overshadowed by von Mueller, his botanical and horticultural work greatly contributed to the early development of [the] two colonies' of Victoria and South Australia ('Australian Dictionary of Biography', making a rare error in not recording accurately this edition). Ferguson 10397; Crittenden 53 (with a lengthy commentary on its importance). The first edition was published as 'The Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Garden' in 1871 (Ferguson 10396, recording only one copy; Crittenden 47, 'not sighted'; Trove records five copies).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Adelaide, E.S. Wigg & Son, 1877 (second edition). Duodecimo, 132, [4] (index), 8 (advertisements) pages. Original quarter contrasting (red and green) cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover; covers flecked, lightly marked, and lightly worn at the extremities, edges lightly foxed, front endpaper a little marked, first and last pages offset; a very good copy (internally excellent). A rarity: we have handled only four copies in over 46 years, and this is a parochial publication. Ernst Bernhard Heyne (1825-1881), botanist and horticulturist, 'was a prodigious writer. Though overshadowed by von Mueller, his botanical and horticultural work greatly contributed to the early development of [the] two colonies' of Victoria and South Australia ('Australian Dictionary of Biography', making a rare error in not recording accurately this edition). Ferguson 10397; Crittenden 53 (with a lengthy commentary on its importance). The first edition was published as 'The Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Garden' in 1871 (Ferguson 10396, recording only one copy; Crittenden 47, 'not sighted'; Trove records four copies).…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 2nd Edition. Adelaide, E.S. Wigg & Son, 1877 (second edition). Duodecimo, 132, [4] (index), 8 (advertisements) pages. Original quarter contrasting (red and green) cloth, lettered in gilt on the spine and front cover; covers a little rubbed and bumped at the extremities, with minor restoration to the joints, and slight wear to the head of the spine; cloth a little marked and flecked; front flyleaf a well-matched replacement; first and last leaves offset; occasional light scattered foxing; a very good copy. A rarity: we have handled only four copies in over 46 years, and this is a parochial publication. Ernst Bernhard Heyne (1825-1881), botanist and horticulturist, 'was a prodigious writer. Though overshadowed by von Mueller, his botanical and horticultural work greatly contributed to the early development of [the] two colonies' of Victoria and South Australia ('Australian Dictionary of Biography', making a rare error in not recording accurately this edition). Ferguson 10397; Crittenden 53 (with a lengthy commentary on its importance). The first edition was published as 'The Fruit, Flower and Vegetable Garden' in 1871 (Ferguson 10396, recording only one copy; Crittenden 47, 'not sighted'; Trove records only 15 copies of all five editions, from the first of 1871 to the facsimile reprint of the third of 1979).…