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frontispiece of cat tormenting mouse by james gillray read morevery good conditionan essay on the art of ingeniously tormentingoriginally printed (andrew millar, the strand) this edition printed th edition (william miller, albermarle st)
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Oxfam bookshop thame new edition, with coloured frontispiece with 12 coloured plates and many other black and white platessee oxfam website for delivery information read morein good condition for age
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There is a colour frontispiecehowever, due to an international crisis, they end up staying with an aunt on the shores of the italian lake comothe page block is very tannedhowever when the aunt is missing, 'operation rescue' followsoxfam bookshop hexham published by pickering & inglis in , this hardcover edition is in a fair condition overallthe priceclipped dustjacket shows considerable signs of wear: it has a tear on the spine, and is worn at the corners and along all edgessee oxfam website for delivery information read morethe story involves a family of four, plus a difficult cousin, who were going to spend their holidays in egypt
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frontispiece inscriptionoxfam shop ringwood chosen and edited by william m rossettisee oxfam website for delivery information read moregreen leather with gilding on spine, front and page edgessome marks and scuffs to cover and foxing to pages
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Complete with the frontispiece in volume ithe first volume was published in , and the work would grow into 8 volumes inare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipalgraveâs dictionary of political economy () vanonymous early edition from avignontome i: viii, ) ppfull-leather binding, somewhat scuffed and the interior a bit tanned, but beautiful set of the first two volumes (the most important part of the work), and a very early edition of the 5th volume that appeared invictor riquetti de mirabeau - l'ami des hommes three volumes from the extensive work l'ami des hommesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any store() tome v: ('suite de la quatrieme partie'): 252 pp775 states that lâami des hommes is said to have gone through forty editions, plus several translationscatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available() tome ii: ) pp
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Paperback cover illustrated with a portrait in frontispieceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe author wanted to demonstrate that, in order to escape from his existential boredom through distraction, man can go as far as becoming fascinated with evilthe title âun roi sans divertissementâ refers to the novelâs closing line and that giono borrowed from pensĂ©es de pascal: the king without entertainment is a very miserable man, (fragment 142 of the brunschvicg edition), thus indicating the authorâs moralistic questioningun roi sans divertissement is a novel by jean gionothis boredom climaxes in a world frozen in the great white silence of the winter mountains leading to murder or suicide789) published in paris by la table ronde, innicely preserved copy: crisp interior free from foxingthis book written in the autumn was only published in , the national writers committee - a product of the resistance- having previously blacklisted jean giono, prohibiting him from publishing the book beforehandplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storefirst edition of one of the copies on alfa navarre paper (this one is nocatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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Photographic portrait frontispiece and 60 chromolithographed plates of eggsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikitraces of use on the bindingcollated, all plates presentbowdler sharpe first edition, large 8vo, xxiv, 304 ppfront hinge a little bit looseplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecoloured figures of the eggs of british birds, with descriptive notices byedited (after the author's death) by rcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablesome small smudges on the edge of plates 29 and 33, else nice clean plates
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With 24 out of text engraved figures, including a frontispiece, and a fold-out mapare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikirubbed period binding (see photos), crisp interiorby augustin calmet () duodecimo, full period calfskin leather, spine with 5 raised bands, red morocco title labelenriched with 24 intaglio figures & a geographical map of the holy landplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storehistoire de la vie et des miracles de jĂ©sus-christ; tirĂ©e de l'histoire de l'ancien & du nouveau testamentcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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frontispiece and engraved title page in each volume, 800 vignettes by tony johannot, some are out of textare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiparis, garnier frĂšres (volume 1), jdubochet & cie (volume (volume (volume 2), 2 volumes, large octavo, hardcovers, 744 pplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeperiod green full percaline binding, all gilded edges, scattered foxingcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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Contains an engraved portrait of the author in frontispiecewhite; completesolid binding, worn down headdressesthe first 9 editions are considered originalsplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websitethe 9th edition (), which appeared a few days after the death of la bruyĂšre, revised and corrected by him, contained nothing newcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablein good conditionrare edition published by david mortier in of the characters of la bruyĂšre, complete in two tomes, combined in one volumeperiod brown marbled full calfskin binding(two tomes in one volume)scuffed corners437 to 662 xliv pp() received more than 350 unpublished characters; the fifth (), more than 150; the sixth () and the seventh (), nearly 80 each; the eighth (), more than 40, to which must be added the speech to the academyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithin rolls on the trim of the plates, the three edges are rednew edition, augmented by la clef, three tablesour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeone duodecimo volume of 28fof les caractĂšres appeared in march , under this title: les caractĂšres de thĂ©ophraste, translated from greek, with the characters or mores of this centuryyellowed interior, some foxing, very slight moisture on the upper margins of some pages, very minorribbed spine adorned with gilded jewels in boxes and mosaic with a red leather title piecetwo further editions were released in the same year
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Paris, lĂ©opold collin, , jansen jare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikicurious and interesting essay, translated from german into french, on the use of wigs from ancient times to the nineteenth centurytradusse half parchment and spotted paper binding, red tag on the spine, author, title and friezes, all engraved in goldthe author of the work, frĂšdĂšric nicolai, a bookseller in berlin and a member of the academy of sciences, was one of the leading german writers of the 18th century( numbered pages including title and half-title page, 2 tipped-in plates folded several times and engraved on copper depicting a total of 65 small figures of human heads to highlight their hairstyles or headgearplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecopy in good condition; incomplete due to the missing frontispiece; slight, even reddening of a few sheetscatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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X 13 cm contains frontispiece - 15 full-page illustrations, and numerous illustrations in textare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiolive cloth, gilt titles to spine, black titles and borders to frontoverall a very good copy of this bookjournal of researches into the natural history and geology of the countries visited during the voyage of h492 plus 19 pages of publishers adverts to rearcharles darwin, ma 12th edition copy of the minerva library edition of darwin's groundbreaking journal, "from the corrected and enlarged edition of " and with a biographical introductionplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeslight shelfwear, binding secure"beagle" round the world publisher: london, ward lock & cocatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiwith frontispiece, a portrait, engraved dedication, and several smaller engravings in the textcan be picked up in reeuwijk (the netherlands) or will be sent by mailplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storethe spines are damaged; the interior has some water stainscatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableoverall in fairly good condition
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki) als markgraaf van vere; op den 1versierd met de afbeeldingen der erepoorten en andere sieraadjen in dit werk beschreven) erf-heer van vlissingen (with illustrated frontispiece, title page in red and black with vignette, complete with 11 engravings on 9 leaves, several of which are folding, and an engraving of a medal in the text (both sides are shown)) willem karel hendrik friso (several plates and a text leaf of the first part are loose; otherwise a good and complete copybound with: inhuldiging (please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storejuny des jaarsin half-leather binding, title on spine in gilt print, title page in red and black with vignette, with 11 numbered engraved plates (1Ă folding) and an engraving of a medal in the textprinse van oranje en nassau () beschreven door andreas andriessen (catawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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frontispiece with portrait of the illustrator, title page, half-title page, pare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikifull canvas bindingplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storemarzocco, florenceb/w and colour illustrations in the text and 36 tipped-in colour illustrationsix edition with variations on the first original of the authorcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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frontispiece sepia illustration of author, decorated title page {24Âœx16Âœcm, 159pp} details of the four classic western fiction tales in one volume: 1) maybe because-! two old-time gunfighters, released from prison and steal $3) plans for the boy the son of a rancher saves his father's spread from a mesa fire set by enemies, and dramatically changes his own futurethe "tooby" is a tubagold gilt edges all around textblock/pages, with rounded page-corners* leather bound volume * first book edition of these 4x novels in one volume, by author services in , volume-6 of the "western short stories series" (previously issued separately in pulp fiction etc)2) tooby a story of competing musical bands, veined with humour, and written in the western parlance hubbard knew from childhoodflexible tan leather-bound volume with gold gilt decoration+lettering to front board+spinemoire silk endpapers4) under the die-hard brand the son of the sheriff, disguised in his father's clothes, eliminates the town menace in a gunfight and restores the old sheriff's reputationthis book is new and unreadthen they save a woman, and come face-to-face with the truth about themselves
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Inside in good condition, rare small spots of soiling, fairly fresh inside especially the frontispieceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikibinding in good condition, work in its period full leather binding, covers and spine in good condition, levelled headcap, visible stains, friction and small lacks on the corners and cover edges, adorned ribbed spineplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storedelivered by chronopost within a few days maximumrare edition of the famous âtarif gĂ©nĂ©ralâ, indispensable in 18th century france, compiled by the director of the ecole de commerce, and master of accounts in paris le sieur barrĂšme - le livre des comptes-faits ou tarif-gĂ©nĂ©ral; avec lequel on peut faire toutes sortes de comptes des monnoies tant anciennes que nouvelles, & autres comptes de multiplication par entier & par fraction, quelque difficiles qu`elles soient, pourvu qu`en sache l`addition- unpaginated, about 300 pagescatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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Beautiful edition with a fine frontispiece after philippe de champagne, engraved by edelinck - le maistre de sacy - les proverbes de salomon - binding in good condition, work in its period full leather binding, covers and spine in good condition, light friction, pigmented red edges, adorned ribbed spine, gilded titling on a morocco label, strong volume, solid binding - good interior condition, fresh, rare dirt, with an explanation from the ssare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storepĂšres, & des auteurs ecclesiastiques, pretty headbands and culs-de-lampe, lovely drop caps - delivered by chronopost within a few days maximum - read morecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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HĂ©liodore - amours de theagenes et chariclĂ©e - parties en pages - binding in good condition, work in its period full leather binding, covers and spine in good condition, surface scratches, light scuffing on the headdresses, pigmented red edges, adorned ribbed spine, gilded titling on a morocco label, in lovely condition - good interior condition, fresh, rare soiling, work bound in two parts, beautiful engravings including frontispiece and headband shape, beautiful lettering, marbled guard pages - delivered by chronopost within a few days maximum - read moreare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiunknown, they are about to be set on fire in the sun whenthey then went through hardships, not least because of the passion that arsace, wife of the egyptian satrap oroondates, conceived for theagĂšneto obey an oracle, they leave delphi and after several adventures at sea are thrown by a shipwreck in egyptprisoners of the persians, they were eventually captured by king hydaspe's army and taken to meroe, the capital of ethiopiaplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeattending gym games in athens, she meets a young thessalien who competes there, named thĂ©agĂšne, and they fall in love with each otheri'll let you discover itcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablevery lovely edition of this novel - it is the story of a princess of ethiopia (then a term for nubia), abandoned at birth by her mother queen persina, she is raised by the greek charicles under the name chariclĂ©e and becomes priestess of artemis
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikigregorio leti (milan, 29 may - amsterdam, ) was an italian man of lettersbeautiful full parchment binding with decorations printed on the plateshistoria e memorie recondite sopra alla vita di oliviero cromvele, detto il tiranno senza vizi, il principe senza virtĂč written by gregorio leti complete work in 2 volumes divided into seven books and enriched by many illustrationsafter the burial his body was exhumed and subjected to the ritual of posthumous executionpart one: [44 unnumbered], 544 with 1 chalcographic portrait of oliver cromwell on the frontispiece, one on the back of the dedication, a double-page tipped-in map of britannia and 23 other tipped-in chalcographic plates; part two: unnumbered] con 26 tipped-in chalcographic platesspine with raised bands and tag with gilding and marbled edgeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeoliver cromwell (huntingdon, april â london, september ) was an english leader and politiciancatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableafter leading the forces that temporarily brought down the english monarchy, establishing the republic of the commonwealth of england, he ruled england, scotland and ireland under the title of lord protector, from 16 december until his death
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What makes the work truly unique is the presence of the dedication sent to the famous chemist french jean-antoine chaptal on the frontispieceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithe last sheet reads âplancia 64â but there is no mention in the text of a sheet number 63within the work are reported and analysed all relevant statistical data, such as medicine, meteorology, population data and much moreplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storethe work is divided as follows: 144 numbered pages, 2 sheets bound outside the numbering, and 63 folded sheetsthis dedication makes us understand the importance of this work in the scientific communitycatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablerare work of statistics on the city of paris and the department of the seine
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Sunning to tissue paper protector frontispieceattractive colour, peacock blue, vellum cover is decorated with an inset gold and brown illustration to front which is repeated on the spine and gold letteringare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis is a scarce translation from the danish by mrs hminor scuffing to cover edges, gold page edgessome foxing to opening blank page with name written in pencil âc anne cartwrightâcontents include, the wild swans, the little mermaid, little claus and big claus, the mother of the rothschilds, a rose from homerâs grave, the elf of the rose, ib and little christina, the tinder box, the ice maiden and many moreundated but circapublished by frederick warne and co, london and printed by william clowes and sonssuperb use of language and description and some unusual fairy tales i have not read beforeplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeillustrated throughout in colour and black and whitesee photo of contents pagedecorated end papers sunned and creased and some finger marks to contents pagea very nice antique book of fairy talescatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablepaull with original illustrations signed by van dâargent
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Illustrated with 12 laguillermie etchings including a frontispiece portraitare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikipreserved coversthe rare complete series of voltaire's novels at the bibliophiles' bookshop5 charming volumes golden heads, [2] ffsmall-scale print run on laid papertome ii: candide ou l'optimismesmall dryness at hinges, treated, with superficial cracksplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storethe bindings are by louis guettant, in lyon, with corners, double gold nets, spine with boxes decorated with title piece and at the bottom âparis âcontains: - volume i: zadig ou la destinĂ©etome iii: l'ingĂ©nu, histoire vĂ©ritablecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availabletome v: lettres d'amabed suivies du taureau blanctome iv: la princesse de babylone
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Dumas (alexandre): le comte de monte-cristo paris: bureau de l'Ă©cho des feuilletons, large octavo volumes with ] pages 1st illustrated edition- portrait of dumas engraved by le couturier based on eugene giraud in frontispieceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiengraved plates based on gavarni and tony johannot: volume 1: 14; volume 2: 15 rare foxing, slight signs of dampstains on volume 1please click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storehalf bound in shagreen at the corners, small piece missing on the headcap of volume 2, flaws on the hingescatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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Armillary sphere engraved on the frontispieceare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikiil governo del duca d'ossuna dello stato di milano - battista croce, coloniafirm and perfectly usabletext in italian vernacular (ancient)gold titles and decorations on the spine with red purple title taggiovanni girolamo arconati lamberti (? - ginevra )half leather binding with marbled cardboard insertsmarbled inner platesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecondition: very goodnote: the story of the bullying of the duke of ossuna is smoothly articulated against the background of a lively and disturbing depiction of corrupt italian life of the xvii centurycatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally available
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Rare and only edition of this book, complete with the frontispiece of toucatyare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilight loosening of the 15 first pages without loose pagesinterim paper binding covering the front cover and spine, this one is stitchedinside in very good condition, uncropped pagesplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storemanuel des haras ou systĂšme de rĂ©gĂ©nĂ©ration des races de chevauxcatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablesuivi de la maniĂšre de purger les chevaux Ă l'anglaise
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First printing; medium 8vo; 234 pages; with a colour frontispiece and 55 wood engravings in the text by the author; hardback: original blue cloth; slight lean to binding, otherwise a good copy in the original dust-jacket, which is frayed along the top edge, with some chips, and rather sunned on back-strip, otherwise also good see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Are you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikia lovely and beautifully enriched copy of travels around the world and encounters with different cultures - eplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availablegarnier - nouvel abrĂ©gĂ© de tous les voyages autour du monde depuis magellan jusqu'Ă d'urville et laplace - - tome premier good condition of the binding, work in its original green half leather, some usual frictions especially on the corners, the covers and spine are in good condition, ornate ribbed spine, titling and golden volume number, edges gilded with fine gold - good interior condition, light soiling, work adorned with fine engravings including a frontispiece, marbled guard pages - read more
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The book is complete and contains: - engraved frontispiece - engraved portrait - 6 maps - 46 engraved prints good conditionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikinaaukeurige en uitvoerige beschryving van de kaap de goede hoop (will be sent insuredpaper is slightly tanned and a bit soiledthe bindings show wear on the boards and spineat the bottom with light spotsthe books are still solidly boundplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storeoriginal leather bindings with gilt-stamped spinesthe hinges are brokenprovenance: koninklijke academie in delft, with old collection stampcopy on large papercatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableamsterdam, balthasar lakeman
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Inside in good condition, handwritten pages at the beginning of the book, light soiling, with a frontispiece and 5 out of text black plates at the end, marbled endpapersare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikilouis du bois - pratique simplifiĂ©e du jardinage - binding in good condition, work in its original green half sheepskin binding, covers and spine in good condition, signs of wear, spine adorned with gilded quadruple fillets and gilded titlecatawikiâs goal is to make special objects universally availableplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you wonât find in just any storewith basic information about flowers and vegetationa nice edition of this early 19th century gardening treatise for the use of people who cultivate themselves small estates containing a vegetable garden, a nursery, an orchard, espaliers, a landscaped garden, greenhouses, orangeries and flowerbeds; followed by a treatise on the harvesting, storage and duration of seeds, and on how to eliminate animals and insects harmful to gardening
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