A scarce classic... The Book of Gardening - A handbook of horticulture, first edition 1900

The Book of Gardening - A handbook of horticulture is a lovely thick, gilted and embossed cloth hard cover treatise of all things horticulture in the Victorian age. Very fully illustrated with over 700 engravings and b&w plates, edited by W.D. Drury and published by L. Upcott Gill of Drury Lane, London. 1198 pages! Plus several rear pages of Victorian era advertising. Measures 225mm by 170mm, 75mm thick. T his copy is in G condition with some spine tearing, a few loose sheets and minor foxing. Overall a nice tidy collectors copy of a scarce book.