The Parks, Promenades, & Gardens of Paris, Described and Considered in Relation to the Wants of Our Own Cities, and the Public and Private Gardens by Robinson W. (William) 1838-1935 (Creator) - 2013-01-28

London: Macmillan and Co., 1878. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. Second Edition Revised. 8vo. pp xviii, 548 frontispiece plate, title page, numerous full page plates and illustrations within text. Original green cloth binding with gilt lettering, gilt motif and decoration to front board and spine, very good with just a little rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight, endpapers professionally replaced, no inscriptions, otherwise pages clean and crisp. A very good, early reprint edition..

London: John Murray, 1869. Book. Very Good. Hardcover. First Edition. 8vo. pp xvi, 644, [14] frontispiece plate, title page, fold-up plates and upwards of four hundred illustrations. Original green cloth binding with gilt lettering, gilt motif and decoration to front board and spine, very good with just a little rubbing to edges. Contents clean and tight, original endpapers, first and last few pages lightly foxed, no inscriptions, otherwise pages clean and crisp. A very good, first edition..

London, John Murray, 1869, First edition. . original pictorial & blind-stamped cloth, decorated in black & gilt, gilt lettering on spine, Robert Alexander's bookplate on endpaper, light fraying at spine ends, hinge cracked but firm, first two leaves lightly foxed, very good, interior clean. . thick 8vo [23 x 16 cm]; xxxii, 644 pp, engraved frontis, 48 engraved plates, 3 foldout maps/plans, 378 other illustrations including plans, title-page vignette, index. . Horticultural Society of New York Catalogue p. 189. Catalogue of the Massachusetts Horticultural Society 268. Robinson was "the most famous and controversial gardening journalist of the nineteenth century" (Hugh Johnson). This is the second book published by the author, who has been called the father of English gardening. This work helped to establish his reputation. Many of his later works had roots in this work. Beautifully illustrated, with views and plans of Paris, plants, gardens, tools, prining arrangements,… Read More