Assumed first. Preface dated 1859 - no other dates. A Guide to the Formation and Management of the Kitchen Fruit, and Flower Garden. With 12 superb hand-coloured plates as issued : and with 268 woodcut illustrations in the text of plants, layouts, greenhouses, tools and other equipment. The beautiful hand-coloured plates [engraved by Thomas Dick and by J. W. Lowry] are by Augusta Innes Baker Withers 1792 - 1869, one of the outstanding illustrators of the day. She contributed to many famous works including Bateman's Orchidaceae of Mexico, and Maund's The Botanist. Augusta Withers was appointed Flower Painter in Ordinary to Queen Adelaide and later to Queen Victoria, and for many years exhibited at the Royal Academy. 'Her work is often praised for its accuracy, tight composition and rich use of colour'. Lovely half leather volume with decorative spine and gilt titles. Very slight rubbing top and bottom of the spine, and corners. Endpapers are mottled, and the tissue guard to the front