HILL, John Verhandeling over de verdubbeling van... Lot 1035

HILL, John Verhandeling over de verdubbeling van bloemen, of Aanwyzing om door oppassing en kweeking gevulde of dubbele bloemen uit enkele te trekken. Amsterdam J.C. Sepp 1804 8vo: iv-33 pp.; 8 pl. (a couple of plates cut short touching the plate number, some min. soiling in the margins of the text). Contemp. quarter calf with corners (def.), marbled paper on covers (rubbed), flat spine (joints rubbed). Bound with, same author: 1. Verhandeling over de oorsprong en aankweeking van proliferererende of uit elkander groeijende bloemen [...]. Ibid., 1810. iv-43 pp.; 7 pl. - 2. Leerwijze over de voortteeling der plant-gewassen. Ibid., 1811. [1-1 bl.]-iv-34 pp.; 6 pl. (some blue and red underlining in the text). Rare Dutch translations of three short treatises on floriculture by the English botanist J. Hill (1714-1775). Ill. with 21 hand-coloured engr. pl. showing flowers such as the buttercup, anemone, rose, avens, dianthus, chamomile, amaryllis, etc. Ref. KB Den Haag (2nd and 3rd treatise only). - UGent (2nd and 3rd treatise). - WorldCat (1st treatise, only 6 copies). Prov. V.D.S. (bookpl.).