SWEET, Robert (1783-1835). The British Flower Garden [ First series ]. London: W.Simpkin & R.Marshall for the author, 1823-1829.
SWEET, Robert (1783-1835). The British Flower Garden [ First series ]. London: W.Simpkin & R.Marshall for the author, 1823-1829. 3 volumes, 8 o (236 x 143 mm). 300 hand-colored engraved plates (7 folding) by Weddell, F.W. Smith and others after E.D. Smith, J. Hart and others. (A few leaves lightly spotted, some offsetting.) Later green half calf, spines with red morocco lettering pieces. FIRST EDITION. Robert Sweet was born and raised in the West Country and served his apprenticeship under his half-brother James in the gardens at Ham Green, residence of Richard Bright. He was subsequently gardener to John Julius Angerstein at Woodlands. From 1810 until the mid-1820s he worked as a nurseryman at various locations near London, being elected a fellow of the Linnean Society in February 1812. After 1826 he devoted himself almost entirely to botanical publications such as the present work. In 1831, he started a second series to this work; after his death in 1835, the publisher, James Ridgway, continued the work until December 1837. Cleveland Collections 872; Dunthorne 293; Great Flower Books p.77; Nissen BBI 1923; Stafleu-Cowan TL2 13.545. Sold as a periodical not subject to return. (3)
SWEET, Robert (1783-1835). The British Flower Garden [ First series ]. London: W.Simpkin & R.Marshall for the author, 1823-1829.
SWEET, Robert (1783-1835). The British Flower Garden [ First series ]. London: W.Simpkin & R.Marshall for the author, 1823-1829. 3 volumes, 8 o (236 x 143 mm). 300 hand-colored engraved plates (7 folding) by Weddell, F.W. Smith and others after E.D. Smith, J. Hart and others. (A few leaves lightly spotted, some offsetting.) Later green half calf, spines with red morocco lettering pieces. FIRST EDITION. Robert Sweet was born and raised in the West Country and served his apprenticeship under his half-brother James in the gardens at Ham Green, residence of Richard Bright. He was subsequently gardener to John Julius Angerstein at Woodlands. From 1810 until the mid-1820s he worked as a nurseryman at various locations near London, being elected a fellow of the Linnean Society in February 1812. After 1826 he devoted himself almost entirely to botanical publications such as the present work. In 1831, he started a second series to this work; after his death in 1835, the publisher, James Ridgway, continued the work until December 1837. Cleveland Collections 872; Dunthorne 293; Great Flower Books p.77; Nissen BBI 1923; Stafleu-Cowan TL2 13.545. Sold as a periodical not subject to return. (3)
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