Hortus Veitchii: A History of the Rise and Progress of the Nurseries of Messrs James Veitch and Sons, Together with An Account of the Botanical Collectors and Hybridists Employed by Them, etc

First Trade Edition, First Printing. Scarce history of the renowned James Veitch and Sons Nurseries. Illustrated with 50 beautiful black-and-white plates, many full page. Front and rear endpapers browned, occasional light spotting in the text, else a near fine copy in original maroon cloth ruled in blind on the covers and lettered in gilt on the spine, top edge gilt, fore-edge untrimmed. Thick quarto. 8.25 x 11.25 in. 542 pp. A lovely copy.