MARC Record from University of Toronto

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245 14 $aThe amateur's flower garden :$ba handy guide to the formation and management of the flower garden and the cultivation of garden flowers /$cby Shirley Hibberd ... ; illustrated with coloured plates and wood engravings.
260 $aLondon :$bGroombridge and Sons,$c1878$e(London :$fBarrett, Sons and Co., Printers, Seething Lane, E. C.)
300 $av [i.e. iv], 284 p., [6] leaves of plates (most folded) :$bill., plans, 6 col. plates (wood engravings) ;$c20 cm.
500 $a"A flower garden is intended for the cultivation and display of flowers; but any book upon the subject, however small, must treat of other matters, not as subordinate to the leading idea, but as necessary accompanying features. Hence, in the chapters that follow, some attention is paid to the shrubbery, the lawn, the walks, the greenhouse, and the window; for to pass them by, in order to treat of flowers only, would be to court imperfection, while, to bestow over-much attention on them would be to thrust into a secondary place the very feature that should take the lead."--Introduction.
500 $aMost colour wood-engraved plates are unsigned. One is signed: "AFL" [i.e. Alexander Francis Lydon]. All are with captions.
500 $aMost wood-engraved illustrations within the text are unsigned. Some are signed "EW Sc.", "E. Whimper Sc." or "E. Whymper Sc." [i.e. Edward Whymper?].
500 $aColour plates were printed by Benjamin Fawcett. Cf. McLean, Ruari and Antonia. Benjamin Fawcett, engraver and colour printer, 1988.
500 $aIncludes "Index.": p. [283]-284.
510 4 $aMcLean, Ruari and Antonia. Benjamin Fawcett,$cp. 158.
590 $aMASS copy: Bound in blue-green patterned sand-grain cloth blocked in gold, black and blind in the same design as McLean D 0509 and McLean D 0510. Spine with imprint: "Groombridge". Boards with bevelled edges. With pale yellow painted endpapers.$5CaOTMC
650 0 $aFlower gardening$xTechnique.
650 0 $aGardening$xTechnique.
655 7 $aWood engravings$xSpecimens$zGreat Britain$y1878.$2gmgpc
655 7 $aWood engravings$xColor$xSpecimens$zGreat Britain$y1878.$2gmgpc
655 7 $aGold blocked bindings$xSpecimens$zGreat Britain$y1878.$2rbbin
700 1 $aLydon, A. F.$q(Alexander Francis)
700 1 $aWhymper, Edward,$d1840-1911.
700 1 $aFawcett, Benjamin,$d1808-1893.
710 2 $aBarrett, Sons and Co.
039 $aMcLean BF 80
100 1 $aHibberd, Shirley,$d1825-1890.
949 $aMcLean D 0506$wASIS$c1$i5352550-1001$lRAREBOOKS$mMASSEY$rN$sY$tBOOK$u17/3/2005