The Greenhouse, Hot-House, and Stove transport gilt blocking and titles to

gilt blocking and titles to front and spine

"and the only copies that found their way into country house libraries were gifts from the author

First Edition with the original French text

and titles of each play in gilt

The Greenhouse, Hot-House, and Stove transport gilt blocking and titles toIncluding lists of the most beautiful species of exotic flowering plants, and directions for their cultivation London: William S. Orr, 1838. First Edition. 8vo. pp vi, [2], 415. With 18 hand coloured plates, including frontispiece and titlepage vignette, all with tissue guards, plus numerous line drawings. Rebound in slightly later half calf over green cloth, gilt title to spine, slightly rubbed and boards stained in places. All edges gilt. The plates