Hibberd, Shirley.

Rustic Adornements for Homes of Taste and Recreations for Town Folk in the Study and Imitation of Nature. Introduction by John Sales.

First National Trust Edition. London, Century in association with the The National Trust, 1987. 13,5 x 21,5 cm. XXIII, 508 pages. Original Softcover. Very good condition with minor signs of external wear. From the library of art historian Claudia Kinmonth. [The National Trust Classics].

James Shirley Hibberd (1825–1890) was one of the most popular and successful gardening writers of the Victorian era. He was a best-selling editor of three gardening magazines, including Amateur Gardening, the only nineteenth century gardening magazine still being published today. He wrote over a dozen books on gardening and several more on natural history and related subjects. He promoted town gardening, aquariums, bee-keeping, vegetarianism, water recycling, environmental conservation and the prevention of cruelty to animals and birds, all before they were taken up as ‘causes’ in the twentieth century. Most important of all, he taught and promoted amateur gardening before it was acceptable among the gardening establishment, and helped to found the whole consumer industry in amateur gardening that we have today.(Wikipedia)

• Language: English
• ISBN: 9780712617604
• Inventory Number: 3277BB

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