COPELAND, R. MORRIS

Country Life: A Handbook of Agriculture, Horticulture, and Landscape Gardening

Boston: John P. Jewett, 1859. First Edition. Publisher’s cloth; very minor foxing and spotting; a nearly fine copy. Well-illustrated; an exhaustive study and guide of over 800 pages; the frontispiece is a two page color lithograph suggesting a plan for 60 acres. A marginal figure in publishing, Jewett found himself a massive best-seller with 1852’s Uncle Tom’s Cabin. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.

[Book #1962]

Price: $375.00