containing Plain and Accurate Descriptions of all the Different Species and Varieties of Culinary Vegetables.... 216 [10] ad pp. Illus. with 25 wood engravings. Pictorially gilt-stamped & blindstamped brown cloth, gilt-lettered spine. NY: C.M. Saxton, 1857.

A charming mid-19th century American food gardening book, whose contents comprise alphabetical indexes of common edible plant names in English, French and German. Gardening utensils and other aids are also described and illustrated. Mild chipping to spine ends, small white smudge (pictured) to front cover, otherwise very good.

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