THE COMPLETE GARDENER: OR DIRECTIONS FOR CULTIVATING AND RIGHT ORDERING OF FRUIT-GARDENS AND KITCHEN GARDENS
by De La Quintinye Monsieur (Jean De La)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
-
Fairfield, New Jersey, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for Andrew Bell At the Cross -Keys & Bible. Very Good. 1710. Fifth Edition. Hardcover. "Now Compendiously Abridged and made of more use, with very Considerable Improvements" by George London and Henry Wise. Brown leather. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Pictorial frontispiece. 10 fold out plates, 2 wood cuts. (xxxvi) , 325pp and 7 pages of contents at rear. Rear hinge starting with cover firmly attached. Spine ends lightly rubbed. Spine label missing. ; Fold out illustrations; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 325 pages .
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- Bookseller
- Nick Bikoff, Bookseller (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 16690
- Title
- THE COMPLETE GARDENER: OR DIRECTIONS FOR CULTIVATING AND RIGHT ORDERING OF FRUIT-GARDENS AND KITCHEN GARDENS
- Author
- De La Quintinye Monsieur (Jean De La)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- Fifth Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for Andrew Bell At the Cross -Keys & Bible
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1710
- Keywords
- Gardening
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About the Seller
Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Biblio member since 2005
Fairfield, New Jersey
About Nick Bikoff, Bookseller
Nick Bikoff and his wife Fran have been buying and selling quality books and ephemera since 1989 when they attended the "Colorado Antiquarian Book Seminar" at the University of Denver. They offer a broad based selection of used, rare, and out-of-print stock ranging from the sixteenth to the twentieth century.
Glossary
Some terminology that may be used in this description includes:
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Hinge
- The portion of the book closest to the spine that allows the book to be opened and closed.
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....