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The British Gardener's Director, chiefly adapted to the climate of the Northern Counties: directeing the necessary work in the kitchen, fruit and pleasure gardens, and in the nursery, green-house and stove
by Justice. James
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Edinburgh: A. Kincaid & J. Bell; R. Fleming, 1764. Octavo, pp (iv), 443, (7), some age-toning throughout, a little soiling here and there, pages 331-362 stained in the lower margin, otherwise firm and tight internally with no tears, contemporary calf, rubbed and a little worn and creased, neatly rebacked with a new spine, raised bands and green title label, new endpapers. Blanche Henrey 883, mentioning that not all copies of this edition have the two plates, and ours does not. In effect the third edition, though the preceeding two have the title "The Scots Gardiners Director". [Sir James Justice (1698 - 1763) was a Scottish horticulturalist/gardener. His works on gardening were distributed in much of Britain and Ireland. He reportedly had a passion for botanical experiments, which he pursued at the expense of his finances and family. Indeed the later miniaturist John Kay wrote that tulipomania was the cause of him parting with his estate at Crichton and the purchase of a smaller one. His divorce and expulsion from the Fellowship in the Royal Society has been blamed on the expenses he put into greenhouses and soil mixtures. He is nevertheless a noted figure in Scottish gardening with a claim to be the father of it. The genus Justicia is named for him.]. Full-Leather. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019061
- Title
- The British Gardener's Director, chiefly adapted to the climate of the Northern Counties: directeing the necessary work in the kitchen, fruit and pleasure gardens, and in the nursery, green-house and stove
- Author
- Justice. James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Publisher
- A. Kincaid & J. Bell; R. Fleming
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh
- Date Published
- 1764
- Keywords
- scottish.gardening.Scotland.
- Bookseller catalogs
- Garden History; Early works;
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- Tight
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- Octavo
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- Raised Band(s)
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Spine
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- New
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- Rebacked
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