Entrée principale:

Hibberd, Shirley, 1825-1890, author.

Titre et auteur:

The amateur's greenhouse and conservatory : a handy guide to the construction and management of plant-houses, and the selection, cultivation, and improvement of ornamental greenhouse and conservatory plants / by Shirley Hibberd ... ; illustrated with coloured plates and wood engravings.

Publication:

5, Paternoster Row, London : Groombridge and Sons, MDCCCLXXIII [1873]
Bartholomew Close [London] : J. E. Adlard.

Description:

272 pages, 6 folded leaves of plates : illustrations, plans, 6 color plates (wood engravings) ; 20 cm

Notes:
Most colour wood-engraved plates are unsigned. Two are signed: "JA" and one signature includes the date "1870". All are with title captions.
Most wood-engraved illustrations within the text are unsigned. Some are signed "E. Whimper Sc." or "E. Whymper Sc." [i.e. Edward Whymper?]. One is signed "J. Swain."
Colour plates were printed by Benjamin Fawcett. Cf. McLean, Ruari and Antonia. Benjamin Fawcett: engraver and colour printer, 1988.
Includes index: pages [270]-272.
With the same setting of type and the same wood-engraved illustrations within the text (except for p. [216]) as used in an 1888 edition of this title published by Groombridge and Sons. See McLean D 0508.
McLean, Ruari and Antonia. Benjamin Fawcett, p. 167

Sujet:

Greenhouses.
Greenhouse plants.
Gardening Technique.
Serres.
Plantes de serre.
Jardinage Technique.
greenhouses.

Classification/genre:

Wood engravings Specimens Great Britain 1873.
Wood engravings Color Specimens Great Britain 1873.
Gold blocked bindings Specimens Great Britain 1873.

Vedettes secondaires:

Fawcett, Benjamin, 1808-1893.
Whymper, Edward, 1840-1911.
Swain, Joseph, 1820-1909.
Adlard, James Evan, (printer)

Exemplaires:

Localisation: Bibliothèque main 12510
Cote: 5966; ID:87-B3388
Statut: Disponible