{"product_id":"1848-rare-floriography-book-the-flower-vase-containing-the-language-of-flowers","title":"1848 Rare Floriography Book - The Flower Vase Containing the Language of Flowers","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn exceptionally charming 1848 American “language of flowers” volume, combining floral symbolism, poetry, and botanical descriptions, complete with its delicate hand-colored floral frontispiece and attractive gilt-decorated publisher’s binding.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e S. C. Edgarton.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTitle:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Flower Vase; Containing the Language of Flowers and Their Poetic Sentiments.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Lowell: Merrill and Heywood, 1848.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEdition:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 1848 edition. Copyright originally entered in 1843 by A. C. Bagley. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e English.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePages:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e iv, 157 pages.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSize:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e 4.5 x 3 inches.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBinding:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Very good original brown publisher’s cloth binding, elaborately blind-stamped to both boards, with a charming gilt figure of a young woman carrying flowers to the front cover and richly gilt floral decoration and title to the spine. All edges gilt. Light rubbing and age-related wear, particularly to the spine extremities and corners, but remarkably attractive and well preserved overall, as shown. Protected in a removable mylar cover. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eContent:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Very good content, clean, complete and well preserved, with only light age toning and occasional minor spotting. Each flower is accompanied by its botanical identification, symbolic meaning, and an associated poetic sentiment, with decorative typographical ornaments throughout. Complete with the concluding alphabetical \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIndex of Flowers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIllustrations:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e Complete with the beautiful hand-colored floral frontispiece depicting a bouquet arranged in an ornamental vase, retaining its original tissue guard. Decorative typographical ornaments throughout.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEstimate: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eUSD $225–250.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Flower Vase\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e belongs to the highly popular nineteenth-century tradition of floriography, or the “language of flowers,” in which individual flowers were assigned meanings that allowed bouquets to communicate sentiments that might otherwise remain unspoken. Here the amaranth signifies immortality, the iris “a message,” the pine “time and faith,” the verbena sensibility, the violet faithfulness, and the zinnia the melancholy sentiment “I mourn your absence.”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eFar more than a simple floral dictionary, the book combines brief botanical descriptions with verse written or selected to embody each flower’s symbolic association. The result is a particularly evocative example of antebellum American gift-book culture, where botany, poetry, sentiment and courtship converged. Its miniature format, gilt binding and colored frontispiece make this an especially appealing survival.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe author:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan\u003eS. C. Edgarton\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cspan\u003e was an American nineteenth-century writer associated with the literary and gift-book culture that flourished in New England during the 1830s and 1840s. In \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe Flower Vase\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, she gathered floral symbolism together with original and selected poetry, deliberately presenting the subject in a compact and affordable form for a broad readership.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHer treatment reflects the period’s fascination with assigning emotional and moral meanings to the natural world. 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