Eden: or, a Compleat Body of Gardening. Containing Plain and Familiar Directions for Raising the several useful Products of a Garden, Fruits, Roots, and Herbage; From the Practice of the most successful Gardeners, and the Result of Long Experience.
de Hill, Sir John
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Printed for T. Osborne; T.Tyre; S. Crowder & Co.; and H. Woodgate. 1757. pp.iv, 714 with 60 fine engraved plates and engraved frontis. Four plates repaired with small hole in plate 55. With short closed tear to two pages and small loss to margin of one further text page. Most of page 313/314 missing. Recently rebound in half brown morocco with marbled boards. A handsome copy. Originally designed as a companion to his 'Compleat Body of Husbandry' (1756), Eden was published in weekly parts with instructions for work in the garden for the forthcoming week. Self-taught, Hill had a great interest in natural science, and was friends with many of the luminaries of the day including Sir Hans Sloane.
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- Eden: or, a Compleat Body of Gardening. Containing Plain and Familiar Directions for Raising the several useful Products of a Garden, Fruits, Roots, and Herbage; From the Practice of the most successful Gardeners, and the Result of Long Experience.
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- Hill, Sir John
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- Printed for T. Osborne; T.Tyre; S. Crowder & Co.; and H. Woodgat
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- Fine illustrated and antiquarian Gardening
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Around 10,000 books for sale through our bookroom on Forest Road, Hay-on-Wye. We're happy to view and buy books in our specialisms.Located in Hay-on-Wye, the ‘Town of Books’, our focus is on natural history, including the Collins' New Naturalist series, zoology, entomology, ornithology, gardening, botany, bees & beekeeping.We are members of the Antiquarian Booksellers Association (ABA), the senior trade body for dealers in antiquarian and rare books.Opening hours: - Mon. to Fri. 9.30am to 5.00pm - Sat 9.30am to noon
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- Fine
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- Morocco
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