A Book of Flowers.
by SITWELL, Edith
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
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- Seller
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London, London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1952. . First edition, first impression; 8vo, (22.3 x 15 cm); half-title, scattered light foxing; publisher's mauve cloth, gilt lettering to spine mauve topstain, unclipped pictorial dustjacket, dustjacket slightly worn and marked, overall a very good copy; [x], 314pp.
A very good first edition of A Book of Flowers - an anthology of praises of the flower, compiled by Edith Sitwell, featuring works by poets, gardeners, philosophers, and even a saint. This book contains not only descriptions and praises of the flower, but also recipes for making rose-water, rose-honey, violet-honey, and violet-syrup. These recipes, some from as early as the fourteenth century, appeared in print for the first time in this volume.
A very good first edition of A Book of Flowers - an anthology of praises of the flower, compiled by Edith Sitwell, featuring works by poets, gardeners, philosophers, and even a saint. This book contains not only descriptions and praises of the flower, but also recipes for making rose-water, rose-honey, violet-honey, and violet-syrup. These recipes, some from as early as the fourteenth century, appeared in print for the first time in this volume.
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- Bookseller
- Shapero Rare Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 106098
- Title
- A Book of Flowers.
- Author
- SITWELL, Edith
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Place of Publication
- London, Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1952.
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