Planting and ornamental gardening ; . a practical treatise.
William Marshall (1745-1818)
Category
Books
Date
1785
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Felbrigg, Norfolk
NT 3028010
Summary
Bibliographic description
xi,[5],320,305-638p. . 8vo. Author identified on titlepage by Marsham. Two pages of nineteenth-century manuscript text at rear: "On the cultivation of the red-hearted, broad-leaved Huntingdonshire willow... by Robert Lowe…". Provenance: Pen inscriptions on flyleaf: R. Marsham 1785, pr. s10 very dear; his signature and note on title-page, with his textual notes; nineteenth-century engraved bookplate: Robert Marsham (armorial) [i.e. Robert Marsham of Stratton Strawless (1708-1797)]; pencil inscription on Marsham provenance signed R.W.K.C.on front flyleaf [Robert Wyndham Ketton-Cremer (1906-1969)]. Binding: eighteenth-century full polished calf, gilt roll on board edges, five raised bands sewn on two cords, red morocco gilt spine labels with title: Planting & Gardening and Marsham lion. Brown sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
William Marshall (1745-1818)