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Botany Dickson, R.W. (pseudonym: McDonald, Alex) A Complete Dictionary of Practical Gardening: Covering All the Modern Improvements in the Art: Whether in the Cultivation of Various Edible Vegetables, or in the Forcing and Management of Different Kinds of Fruit and Plants, and in the Laying Out, Decorating and Planting of Gardens and Pleasure Grounds: With Accurate Engravings ... 2 volumes. With (in total) 74 (61 colour) copperplate engravings. London, Kearsley, 1807. 4°. IV, 238, 279 leaves. Contemporary leather binding (shabby and scuffed, joints split, reinforced at the inner fold). First edition. – Nissen BBI 479 – de Belder 102 – A decoratively illustrated encyclopaedia of gardens and plants. The plates depict European flowering plants (some also from America). The non-colour plates depict gardening tools, greenhouses and the like. First edition. 2 vols. With 74 (61 colour) copperplate engravings. Contemporary leather bindings (scraped and scuffed, spines split, reinforced at the inner fold). - A decoratively illustrated encyclopaedia of gardens and plants. The plates depict European flowering plants (some of which are from the Americas). The non-colour plates depict gardening tools, greenhouses and the like. This lot is subject to standard tax. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (Books and Art) or 19% VAT (Manuscripts, Screenprints, Offset Prints, Photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union. This lot is subject to the standard tax regime. A 24.95% buyer’s premium is payable on the hammer price, and 7% (books and art) or 19% VAT (manuscripts, screen prints, offset prints and photographs) is payable on the final invoice amount within the European Union.
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Auction time 10/24/2026 at 10:00 AM
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