The complete gard'ner, or, Directions for cultivating and right ordering of fruit-gardens, and kitchen gardens /
by Monsieur De la Quintinye ; now compendiously abridg'd, and made of more use, with very considerable improvements, by George London, and Henry Wise.

Description

Main Author

La Quintinie, Jean de, 1626-1688

Related Names

Bell, Andrew, -1720?, bookseller.
Wise, Henry, 1653-1738
London, George, -1713
Evelyn, John, 1620-1706, translator.

Language(s)

English

Published

London : Printed for Andrew Bell at the Cros-Keys and Bible in Cornhil, near Stocks-Market, 1701.

Edition

The third edition, corrected.

Subjects

Vegetable gardening.
Gardening.
Fruit-culture.
Gardening > Gardening / Early works to 1800.
Vegetable gardening > Vegetable gardening / Early works to 1800.
Fruit-culture > Fruit-culture / Early works to 1800.
Engravings (prints) > Engravings (prints) / England > Engravings (prints) / England / 18th century.

Note

Illustrations: engraved frontispiece, 9 engraved plans outlining designs for gardens.
"An advertisement of J. Evelyn, Esq, to the Folio edition of Monsieur La Quintinye", [4] pages, bound in following page xiv and two contributions by the editors "Advertisement to the nobility and gentry" and 'Some rules for the defence of gardens".
Based on John Evelyn's translation of: Instruction pour les jardins fruitiers et potagers. Cf. Keynes, Evelyn, pages [224]-226.
Errors in pagination.
Signatures: pi1 a⁸ (a7+*²) b⁸ c² B-X⁸ Y⁴ ²Y².

Physical Description

[2], xiv, [4], xv-xxxv, [1], 48, [2], 35-309, [7] pages, [10] leaves of plates (9 folded) : illustrations (engravings), plans ; 21 cm (8vo)

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