Paxton\'s Magazine of Botany Register of Flowering Plants Vol 1 Jos Paxton 1834
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Paxton\'s Magazine of Botany Register of Flowering Plants Vol 1 Jos Paxton 1834:
$180.00
“Paxton\'s Magazine of Botany and Register of Flowering Plants: Volume the First;” Joseph Paxton; Bradbury and Evans for Orr and Smith, Paternoster Row(1834); 8vo over 7 ¾” x 9 ¾”; Vol. 1 Only; HB; G; Not Ex-Library, Not Book Club, Not Print on Demand; HB- Dark brown calf w/stamped gilt dentelles on turn-ins, gilt medallion and small gilt decorations to front, back and spine, missing top third backstrap (involves top two compartments), split runs the spine length to spine right (no compromise to stability, spine is stitched) and to top left half, sunning to back near spine, rubbing to corners which are tipped; 256pps- pages handcut, 34 full page (approx 6¼x 9 inches) and 6 double page original, fine hand-coloured (still bright and beautiful), tissue protected engravings, dozens of black and white lithographs on beautiful woven paper, pages handcut, heavy foxing throughout, pages aged. Previous sellers label, previous owner’s label to front pastedown. Priced for re-binding, text block very stable, still tight.. Note- color of photos all slightly off, to get idea of illustration paper color at times paper color too white.
Published in 16 vols with original, fine hand-coloured engravings and lithographs approx. 6¼x 9 inches on beautiful woven paper. Engravings or lithographs are from drawings by F.W. Smith & S. Holden. Joseph Paxton was a hugely talented man. He started as an assistant gardener with no education & rose to become the head gardener to the Duke of Devonshire. His design of the conservatory at Chatsworth House served as a model for his design of the Crystal Palace for the London Exhibition of 1851. Incredibly, he designed this giant, intricate building in less than 9 days on a piece of blotting paper. The building itself was erected in just six months, with 293,655 panes of glass, 330 huge iron columns and 24 miles of gutters. These days he is best remembered for his very high quality botanical periodicals such as Paxton’s Magazine of Botany which was published in 16 volumes from 1834-49.
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Paxton\'s Magazine of Botany Register of Flowering Plants Vol 1 Jos Paxton 1834:
$180.00