THE YOUNG GARDENER'S ASSISTANT, CONTAINING A CATALOGUE OF GARDEN AND FLOWER SEEDS, WITH PRACTICAL DIRECTIONS UNDER EACH HEAD, FOR THE CULTIVATION OF CULINARY VEGETABLES

by Bridgeman, T[homas]:

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Brooklyn: Nichols and Matthews, 1829.. 96pp. Contemporary black calf-backed, paper-covered rear board (front board missing). Contemporary ownership signature at head of second leaf, contemporary ink notes on rear pastedown. Else very good. One of the most popular gardening guides of the 19th century. A revised edition appeared in 1832, followed by a third the same year which added a section on fruit trees, followed in turn by another expanded version the next year. Bridgeman was a well known "gardener, seedsman, and florist," as he describes himself on the titlepage. Scarce. NUC 0791450 (3 copies). RINK 1696 (5 copies).

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