James Maddock and Samuel Curtis | The florist's directory, 1822

James Maddock and Samuel Curtis

The florist’s directory, a treatise on the culture of flowers… a new edition, improved. London: John Harding, 1822

8vo (228 x 137mm.), 10 engraved plates (8 of flowers, hand-coloured, 2 of garden equipment printed in bistre), twentieth century green crushed half morocco gilt, occasional minor spotting

"Maddock was a Quaker florist of Walworth, near London… He and his son had one of the most noted florist’s firms of their day. This is the third edition of this work, which was originally published in 1792. It was regarded as the best work on florist’s flowers of its time" (Cleveland Herbal).

LITERATURE:

Cleveland Herbal 859; Henrey 3:1004