Gardens & Horticulture from Bird's Books

4to, 285pp, illustrated throughout. Very good+ with previous owner's pictorial bookplate on front pastedown. Pictorial good+ dust jacket with some edge wear/ sunning . 'From the late Middle Ages, when it embodied spirituality, through the end of the eighteenth century, when it offered pleasurable surroundings for banquets, poetry readings, and amorous pursuits, the garden figured prominently in everyday Roman life.… Read more about this item

London: King Penguin Books, 1939. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. Pierre-Joseph Redouté. King Penguin K2. Slim hardback 32pp with 16 coloured plates, one black and white portrait in text. Card covers. Some shelf wear particularly to spine and a couple of marks on the front board. An introduction about Redoute and a brief history of the rose in… Read more about this item

London: King Penguin Books, 1946. First edition. Hardcover. Fair. King Penguin K29. Slim hardback 32pp with 24 coloured plates. Pictorial card covers. Some shelf wear, particularly to spine. This describes the British woodland flowers throughout the year with really lovely clean plates inside. Cover design by Rosemary and Clifford Ellis.