Systema Horti-culturae: or, the Art of Gardening.
de J.W. Gent [i.e. Worlidge, John]
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London for Tho. Burrell, and Will. Hensmen., 1677. 1st. Ed.. pp.[24], 285, [19] with additional engraved title-page and 3 engraved plates by F.H. van Houe. 8vo. Hardback. Overall contents thor. vg. Some toning and marking internally. Ffep. with ownership inscription �John Cadmene, Book, 1731� and manuscript calculations, part of blank margin neatly excised. Engraved title with contemporary ownership inscription �Rose Gregorye� scored out. Contemporary leather boards in vg. plus condition, more recently rebacked, this in fine condition. Scarce. ESTC records just 12 copies worldwide. Intended as a companion to the author's �Systema agriculturae� (1669). The work �contains much useful advice and information for the practical gardener. The author, referred to by John Houghton as �the ingenious Mr. John Worlidge of Petersfield in Hampshire�, is generally considered one of the most enlightened of the seventeenth-century writers on gardening and husbandry�.
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- Systema Horti-culturae: or, the Art of Gardening.
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- J.W. Gent [i.e. Worlidge, John]
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- 1st. Ed.
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- London for Tho. Burrell, and Will. Hensmen.
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- 1677
- Palabras clave
- Fine illustrated and antiquarian Gardening
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