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Lot 119
Sale 6286 - The Collected Library
Lots Open
Mar 5, 2025
Lots Close
Mar 18, 2025
Timed Online / Chicago
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$300 -
400
Price Realized
$1,920
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Lot Description
[NATURAL HISTORY - GARDENING]. A group of 23 titles, including:
MILLER, Philip. The Gardeners Kalendar. London: C. Rivington, 1739. Engraved frontispiece. -- MAWE, Thomas and John ABERCROMBIE. The Universal Gardener and Botanist. London: G. Robinson and T. Cadell, 1778. -- MILLER, Philip and Thomas MARTYN. The Gardener's and Botanist's Dictionary. London: F.C. and J. Rivington, 1807. 4 volumes. 19 plates (lacks frontispiece). -- COBBETT, William. The English Gardener. London: A. Cobbett, 1845. Engraved folding plate. -- THOMPSON, Robert. The Gardener's Assistant. London: Blackie & Son, 1888. 32 plates, some in color. -- And others.
Together, 23 works in 29 volumes, various sizes, condition generally very good.
Property from the Estate of Peter Fortsas
This lot is located in Chicago.