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Edinburgh: A Constable and co, 1809. First edition (hardback). 16mo (16cm by 10cm), xv, 402pp, 6pp adverts. Bound in grey cloth, red morocco title label to the spine. Some rubbing of the boards, corners of boards a little bumped, lacks the half-title page, some foxing of the preliminary pages; overall, this book is in good condition.
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The Villa Garden Directory, or Monthly Index of Work to be done in Town and Villa Gardens, Shrubberies and Parterres.
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The Villa Garden Directory; or monthly index of work to be done in town and villa gardens shrubberies and parterres: with hints on the treatment of shrubs and flowers usually kept in the green-room the lobby and the drawing-room
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Edinburgh and London: Archibald Constable & Co., 1814. Third edition. 12mo, half-title, title page, pp xiv, 398, uncut, slight age-toning, slightly uneven fading of the title page and opposing page, otherwise exceptionally clean and sound internally, very neatly and recently rebound in grey boards with paper label on the spine. A superb copy, uncut and unpressed, in a very sympathetic binding. [Walter Nicol (1769 - 1811) was a Scottish garden and hothouse designer, who wrote several books on practical horticulture. He was born in Niddrie. He was employed at a number of estates in Scotland and improved the design and layout of gardens and glasshouses. Nicol is in particular responsible for the walled garden layout at Dalhousie Castle in Midlothian."His works, which were of a very high standard, became exceedingly popular" - Blanche Henrey 1187.]. Third edition. Boards. Very Good.
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The Villa Garden Directory, or, Monthly Index of Work to be done in Town and Villa Gardens, Shrubberies and Parterres
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Edinburgh: A. Constable and Co, 1809 . First edition. Leather. Very Good. 6.5" by 4.5". None. The very scarce first edition of Walter Nicol's early nineteenth century guide to the management and maintenance of the villa garden. The very scarce first edition of this guide to the maintenance of the villa garden from Scottish garden and hothouse designer, Walter Nicol.Nicol discusses soils, walls, trees, shrubs and garden formation, with the latter portion of the work arranged by month, with Nicol providing an account of what maintenance and planting should be undertaken in each month of the year. Nicol was employed at a number of estates in Scotland and improved the design and layout of many gardens and glasshouses. He was in particular responsible for the walled garden layout at Dalhousie Castle in Midlothian.With the armorial bookplate of British army officer and Captain of the Royal Company of Archers, Brigadier-General Sir Robert Gordon Gilmour, to the front pastedown. Six pages of publisher's…
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