The Clergy-Man's Recreation: Shewing the Pleasure and Profit Of the Art of Gardening. / The Gentleman's Recreation: Or The Second Part Of The Art of Gardening Improved. Containing several New Experiments, and Curious Observations relating to Fruit-Trees. Particularly a New Method of building Walls with Horizontal Shelters. / The Fruit-Garden Kalendar: Or A Summary Of the Art of Managing the Fruit-Garden. Teaching in order of Time what is to be done therein every Month in the Year. Containing several new and plain Directions, more particularly relating to the Vine
by Lawrence, John
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London: Printed for Bernard Lintot, at the Cross-keys, between the Temple Gates in Fleet-Street, 1726. 6th Edition. Full calf. Very good. 8º, 19 cm.; 3 works: book 1 (Clergy-Man's Recreation), 83 pp.; book 2 (Gentleman's Recreation), 115 pp.; book 3 (Fruit-Garden Kalendar), 149 pp. ;. Probably as-issued. Lintot published various versions from 1718-1726 including these three titles as well as 'The Lady's Recreation' by Charles Evelyn, and a tract on 'variagated greens' by Laurence. (Fussell).
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- The Clergy-Man's Recreation: Shewing the Pleasure and Profit Of the Art of Gardening. / The Gentleman's Recreation: Or The Second Part Of The Art of Gardening Improved. Containing several New Experiments, and Curious Observations relating to Fruit-Trees. Particularly a New Method of building Walls with Horizontal Shelters. / The Fruit-Garden Kalendar: Or A Summary Of the Art of Managing the Fruit-Garden. Teaching in order of Time what is to be done therein every Month in the Year. Containing several new and plain Directions, more particularly relating to the Vine
- Author
- Lawrence, John
- Format/Binding
- Full calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
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- 1
- Edition
- 6th Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for Bernard Lintot, at the Cross-keys, between the Temple Gates in Fleet-Street
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1726
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