John Claudius Loudon: 'An encyclopaedia of plants : comprisi...

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John Claudius Loudon: 'An encyclopaedia of plants : comprising the description, specific character, culture, history, application in the arts, and every other desirable particular respecting all the plants indigenous, cultivated in, or introduced to Britain: combining all the advantages of a Linnean and Jussieuean species plantarum, an historia plantarum, a grammar of botany, and a dictionary of botany and vegetable culture', London, Longman, Ress et al, 1829, 1st edition, [22],1160pp, engraved illustrations in text throughout, old half calf gilt (worn); together with Philip Miller: 'The Gardeners Dictionary', volume I, 1754, 4th edition, 'The Gardeners & Florists Dictionary', volume II, 1724, mixed contemporary leather bindings worn, both top boards detached. All formerly belonging to Edgar Morris Bradley, head gardener at Bradfield Combust Hall, Suffolk, and decorated war hero, with some photocopied relevant material loosely inserted (3)