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 a long experience. :
Accession number:
PML 151819
Published:
London : Printed for T. Osborne, ... ; T. Trye, ... ; S. Crowder and Co. ... ; and H. Woodgate, ... , MDCCLVII. [1757]
Description:
[2], iv, ii, 712 p., [61] leaves of plates : 61 ill. ; 43 cm
Credit:
Bequest of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
Notes:
"The work was published in sixty numbers ... Number 1 on 28 August 1756 Number 60 on 8 November 1757 ..."--Henrey, B. British botanical lit.
Includes index.
Dedication signed: John Hill. Hill was the probable author of this work; in fact, the 1773 ed. was published under Hill's name. Cf. Henrey, B. British botanical lit., v. 2, p. 95-98; Nissen, C. Die botanische Buchillustration, 880.
Running title: A compleat body of gardening.
Binding:
Full brown calf.
Provenance:
From the library of Miss Julia P. Wightman.
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