Beschreibung:

THE FLORIST]. The Florist, Fruitist, and Garden Miscellany. 1853-1857, 1859-1860 . -- The Florist and Pomologist: A Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits, and General Horticulture. 1862-1884 . London: Chapman and Hall, 1854-1855; 28 Henrietta Street, 1856; “Florist” Office, 1857, 1859-1860; the “Journal of Horticulture” Office, 1863-1876, Messrs. Kent & Co. for the proprietors, 1877-1884.
THE FLORIST]. The Florist, Fruitist, and Garden Miscellany. 1853-1857, 1859-1860 . -- The Florist and Pomologist: A Pictorial Monthly Magazine of Flowers, Fruits, and General Horticulture. 1862-1884 . London: Chapman and Hall, 1854-1855; 28 Henrietta Street, 1856; “Florist” Office, 1857, 1859-1860; the “Journal of Horticulture” Office, 1863-1876, Messrs. Kent & Co. for the proprietors, 1877-1884. 30 volumes, various 8° sizes (212/266 x 132/182 mm). 513 hand-colored lithographic or chromolithographic plates (9 folding), 12 lithographic plates. (Some plates trimmed close touching caption or image, a few tissue guards adhered to plates, a few short marginal tears to folding plates.) Uniformly bound in 19th-century blue half calf over marbled boards, edges stained red, red morocco gilt lettering-pieces (rubbed). FIRST EDITION . Originally published as The Florist in 1848, the name of this periodical continued as The Florist and Garden Miscellany from 1849-1850, and then The Florist, Fruitist and Garden Miscellany from 1851-1861, and finally The Florist and Pomologist from 1862-1884. Great Flower Books , p.84; Nissen BBI 2258, 2259.