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An Oak Spring Sylva: A Selection of the Rare Books on Trees in the Oak Spring Garden Library

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An Oak Spring Sylva: A Selection of the Rare Books on Trees in the Oak Spring Garden Library - Raphael, Sandra
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An Oak Spring Sylva is the first of a series of discursive catalogues describing selections of the rare books and other material in the Oak Spring Garden Library, a collection formed by Mrs. Paul Mellon. Each volume in the Oak Spring series will be a lovely and useful compendium for book collectors, librarians, and garden historians. This volume, which deals with books and manuscripts on trees, describes nearly fifty books, manuscripts, or drawings, from a tiny 1555 book on oaks to early nineteenth-century advice manuals ...

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An Oak Spring Sylva: A Selection of the Rare Books on Trees in the Oak Spring Garden Library 1990, Yale University Press

ISBN-13: 9780300046526

Hardcover