1819 · Philadelphia
by M'Mahon, Bernard
Philadelphia, 1819. 618pp. plus folding chart. Large, thick octavo. Contemporary calf, leather label. Head of spine chipped, scattered foxing, folding chart torn. Overall good. The second edition, after the first of 1806, of this exhaustive American horticultural work. Covers the establishment and cultivation of all types of plants, including eighteen alphabetical catalogues of different kinds of plants, with their true Linnaean names, and an extensive index. "Bernard M'Mahon (1775-1818), an Irishman, came to America in 1796, and went at once to Philadelphia, where he founded a successful seed and nursery business. He served horticulture best by publishing in 1806, in Philadelphia, his excellent THE AMERICAN GARDENER'S CALENDAR. For 50 years the book was the standard authority in America..." - Hedrick. RINK 1658. SHAW & SHOEMAKER 48550. SABIN 43560. HEDRICK, p.197
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