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Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea: Printed for Private Circulation, 1896. With signed presentation inscription to J. Hollingsworth (head gardener at Tredegar Park followed by Margam Park]. Illustrated with a large folding map frontispiece (with, as usual, tears and creases at the upper join, now neatly repaired), nine large full-page plates on heavy card. many small text images from photographs, quarto, pp 219, slight age-toning and marking, some inner joints rather cracked and weak, the last third of the book has rather damp-wrinkled pages, with light staining on the last few pages, original decorated cloth with paper inlay, bevelled edges, a bit rubbed and marked, the spine dull and age-toned andpulled at the head and tail, the upper cover slightly unevenly age-toned. [In October 1891 Veitch embarked on a tour of inspection of the great Botanic and Public Gardens maintained by governments in various countries as well as visiting many private horticultural establishments, to decide whether the Veitch…
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A Traveller's Notes, or Notes of a Tour Through India, Malaysia, Japan, Corea, the Australian Colonies and New Zealand During the Years 1891-1893
by Veitch, James Herbert
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Chelsea: James Veitch and Sons at the Royal Exotic Nursery, 1896. 4to, green cloth lettered in black with contemporary decorative label in Japanese on front cover. Some light aging and occasional spotting else a clean, tight copy. Printed for private circulation, this is the first and only edition. Folding color map of the world with Veitch's route marked in red, nine fine photogravures with tissue guards and many other photographic illustrations. James Herbert Veitch was a member of a distinguished horticultural family, owners of the most famous British nursery of the 19th century. He undertook this trip to study vegetation of these regions and to see whether plants of these countries could flourish in English gardens. In addition to his botanical work, he recorded his observations of the countries and people that he visited.. Cloth. Near Fine. 4to.
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- Publisher James Veitch and Sons at the Royal Exotic Nursery
- Place of Publication Chelsea
- Date Published 1896
- Keywords Travel, Exploration, Plant Hunting, Australia, New Zealand , Far East, Horticulture, Botany
- Size 4to
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Royal Exotic Nursery, Chelsea: Printed for Private Circulation, 1896. Illustrated with a large folding map frontispiece (with, as usual, a slight tear at the upper join), nine large full-page plates on heavy card. many small text images from photographs, quarto, pp 219, slight age-toning and marking, a little foxing on the last few pages, slight marking along the top of the title page, original decorated cloth with paper inlay, bevelled edges, a bit rubbed and marked, the spine dull and age-toned, the upper cover unevenly age-toned, recently re-cased with new endpapers. [In October 1891 Veitch embarked on a tour of inspection of the great Botanic and Public Gardens maintained by governments in various countries as well as visiting many private horticultural establishments, to endeavour whether the Veitch gardens and nurseries might be enriched by further additions. He set off by way of Rome and Naples to Ceylon, thence overland from Tuticorin to Lahore. He continued to Calcutta and on to the Straits…
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