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[BOTANY]. LOUDON, John Claudius (1783?1843). The Different ...

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[BOTANY]. LOUDON, John Claudius (1783?1843). The Different Modes of Cultivating the Pine?Apple. London: [A. & R. Spottiswoode for] Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, 1822. 8vo. Numerous woodcut illustrations in text. Original drab boards, early cloth rebacking retaining original printed spine label (ends worn with losses, hinges cracked). Provenance: L.W. Jongeneel (later ownership signature). FIRST EDITION, covering pineapple cultivation in various countries including Britain, Russia and the West Indies. [With:] GRIFFIN, William. A Treatise on the Culture of the Pine Apple. Newark: S. and J. Ridge, et al, 1808. 8vo. (Intermittent spotting to text). Half?title. Original paper?backed drab boards, printed spine label (extremities worn). Provenance: early ownership signature on title?page. Second edition.