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Flora and pomona, or, The British fruit and flower garden : containing descriptions of the most valuable and interesting flowers and fruits cultivated in the gardens of Great Britain, with figures drawn and coloured from nature; accompanied by a concise analysis of their botanical and pomonological character, their nature and mode of culture, including a definition of the technical terms used in the science of botany, with familiar instructions for the drawing and colouring of the fruits and flowers

Title
Flora and pomona, or, The British fruit and flower garden : containing descriptions of the most valuable and interesting flowers and fruits cultivated in the gardens of Great Britain, with figures drawn and coloured from nature; accompanied by a concise analysis of their botanical and pomonological character, their nature and mode of culture, including a definition of the technical terms used in the science of botany, with familiar instructions for the drawing and colouring of the fruits and flowers / by Charles McIntosh.
Author
McIntosh, Charles, 1794-1864.
Publication
London : Printed for Thomas Kelly, 1829.

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Additional Authors
  • Smith, E. D.
  • Watts, S.
  • Smith, Frederick William, 1797-1835.
  • Sears, M. U., approximately 1800-
  • Warwick, L.
Description
2 v. in 1 : col. ill.; 23 cm.
Alternative Title
  • Flora and pomona
  • British fruit and flower garden.
Subjects
Note
  • Originally issued in 28 pts.
  • "New series" on covers of pts. 17-28.
  • Illustrations: 35 prints : etching, col. ; full-page. Signed: E.D. Smith, delin., S. Watts, sculp. (plates 1-23 [i.e. 24]). Signed: E.D. Smith, del., F.W. Smith, sculp. (plates 25-35). -- Wood engraving on covers of parts, signed: Sears, sc., L. Warwick, sc.
  • Includes "Lists of the most approved kinds of fruits" and "Index to the fruits figured" in pt. 27 and "List of plants" and "Index to the plants" in pt. 28.
  • Parts issue: Each pt. in illustrated dull yellow paper covers. Publisher's address on p. [4] of covers of pts. 1-16. Prospectus for the new series of Flora and pomona on p. [4] of covers of pts. 17-28. Publisher's advertisements ([4] p.) inserted in pt. 28.
Call Number
Arents BIP (McIntosh, C. Flora 1829) 04-350
OCLC
NYPG04-B5839
Author
McIntosh, Charles, 1794-1864.
Title
Flora and pomona, or, The British fruit and flower garden : containing descriptions of the most valuable and interesting flowers and fruits cultivated in the gardens of Great Britain, with figures drawn and coloured from nature; accompanied by a concise analysis of their botanical and pomonological character, their nature and mode of culture, including a definition of the technical terms used in the science of botany, with familiar instructions for the drawing and colouring of the fruits and flowers / by Charles McIntosh.
Imprint
London : Printed for Thomas Kelly, 1829.
Local Note
Arents copy: Parts issue. Housed in dusty green cloth protective covers, in quarter dark green morocco and dusty green cloth slipcase.
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Added Author
Smith, E. D. Illustrator
Watts, S. Etcher
Smith, Frederick William, 1797-1835. Etcher
Sears, M. U., approximately 1800- Wood engraver
Warwick, L. Wood engraver
Research Call Number
Arents BIP (McIntosh, C. Flora 1829) 04-350
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