A New Orchard & Garden. Or, The best way for Planting, Grafting, and to make any Ground good for a Rich Orchard. With The Country House-wifes Garden for Herbs of Common use. As also The Husbandry of Bees, with their several Uses and Annoyances. by Lawson, William - 1668

Amsterdam: Joannis Ravesteyni 1st Complete edition, a few chapters had appeared earlier, 1655. Hardcover. Very Good-. Printed by Guilielmi van der Hoeve 1655 at Gouda (to colophon) TP woodcut of Elijah fed by the Ravens + foliated headpiece & a few foliated initials. Folio (in 4's) near Contemporary English sprinked calf with blind ruled & one decor roll on 5 raised bands with burgandy gilt label (tips sl.worn/head of spine bit worn but very neat original state) Red sprinkled edges TP (2p)+737pp + (1p)=blank) +(22p)=index. About a dozen corners torn away but never near to the text, else unmarked and clean. An interesting Scottish perspective on English history by a Edinburgh scholar who came to London after the Scottish King James VI became James I of England. Deals also with Irish affairs and affairs on the continent. With an Evelyn book label to pastedown this is a lovely crisp copy.

London: printed for Bernard Lintott, between the Temple-Gates in Fleet-Street [through 1718], 1717. Full Calf. Near Fine+. Three volumes in one: Fifth Edition of the first, Second of the second, First of the third. 8vo: [2, the frontispiece and title page may be cancels],vi (dedication to Henry, Duke of Kent, from The fruit-garden kalendar transferred here, as usual, to The clergy-man's recreation [ESTC Citation No. T30847]),[8],84, with a copper-engraved frontispiece by Simon Gribelin and a letterpress illustration; [18],115,[1], with a frontispiece, four folding plates (including the plate showing a method of finding the meridian line, often missing) and a letterpress illustration (in this edition [ESTC Citation No. T142272], the last '7' of the date on the title page falls below the first 't' of 'Lintott', and on p.5 the "B" of the signature is below the "a" of "acquainted" in the final line); [4],v,[1],146 (wanting final 3pp of the appendix, but with 7 extra pages of Lintot's catalog), [10]pp,… Read More

YORK, FOR THE AUTHOR BY G. PEACOCK LONDON. 1790. FIRST EDITION. HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS. BOARDS AND LEATHER VERY WORN. SOME LOSS AT BOTTOM OF LEATHER SPINE. SOME DAMP STAINING TO ENDPAPERS AND TO FINAL 20 PAGES, OTHERWISE CLEAN. NO LIST OF SUBCRIBERS. ALTHOUGH BINDING ON THE WHOLE IS TIGHT, PAGES 3 TO 6 ARE LOOSE. A NOTE OF THE FEP SUGGESTS THE BOOK WAS BOUND 1835 AND NO 7 OF 91,EX HARTWELL LIBRARY. ILLUSTRATED BY FINE LINE DRAWINGS. 5 PLATES, INCLUDING 3 FOLD OUT PLANS OF HEATED GREENHOUSES. INDEX. A SCARCE BOOK AT A REALISTIC PRICE..

ROMA: A SPESE DI GIO. ANTONIO GHERARDINI LIBRARO IN PARI, 1674. In 8. Dim. 22,5x16,5 cm. Pp. (32)+433+(3)+55+(1)+8+(16). Rarissimo volume, un Officio della Gloriosa Vergine Maria del 1674. Il volume è una sorta di manuale ad uso del clero con indicazione in italiano delle azioni da compiere e parti in latino da recitare. Nella prima parte tabella delle feste mobili e lista delle feste mese per mese. Seguono indicazioni in lingua italiana: modo di fare la Sperges, ordine di dar l'habito ai novelli e di ricevere i novizi, preparazione all'inizio dell'Officio. Segue l'Officio della Beata Vergine Maria, l'Officio dei morti, i sette salmi penitenziali, litanie, orazioni, inni per tutto l'anno, orazioni delle domeniche, orazioni proprie dei Santi per tutto l'anno, antifoni ed orazioni aggiunte, Officio del mercoledì, giovedì e venerdì Santo, Officio del Santissimo Sacramento del corpo di Christo, Officio per la notte di Natale, salmi graduali.… Read More

VENETIA : APPRESSO GIO. GUERIGLI, 1626. In 8. Dim. 24x18 cm. Pp. (62)+453+(1), (8)+164+(8), (4)+36. Rara raccolta di tre opere scritte dal letterato, poeta e drammaturgo italiano Gabriele Zinano (Reggio nell'Emilia 1557-1635) autore di dialoghi, trattati, rime e poemi eroici. Zinano è stato uno dei rappresentanti della poesia barocca e del movimento artistico e letterario del marinismo. Le tre opere di Zinano sono tutte state pubblicate nel 1626 e 1625 da "Giovanni Gueriglio". La prima opera del 1626 è politica "Della ragione de gli stati" nel quale tratta l'argomento della gestione degli Stati (diversi tipi di Stato, cambaimenti degli stati, cambiamento delle monarchie e repubbliche, corruzioni interne ed esterne degli stati, il principe, difesa dello Stato da pericoli interni ed esterni ecc...). La seconda del 1625 "Il segretario" sulla gestione degli affari e del mestiere sia privato che statale (l'abito, il trattare, i fatti segreti, il… Read More

Amsterdam: Joannis Ravesteyni 1st Complete edition, a few chapters had appeared earlier, 1655. Hardcover. Very Good-. Printed by Guilielmi van der Hoeve 1655 at Gouda (to colophon) TP woodcut of Elijah fed by the Ravens + foliated headpiece & a few foliated initials. Folio (in 4's) near Contemporary English sprinked calf with blind ruled & one decor roll on 5 raised bands with burgandy gilt label (tips sl.worn/head of spine bit worn but very neat original state) Red sprinkled edges TP (2p)+737pp + (1p)=blank) +(22p)=index. About a dozen corners torn away but never near to the text, else unmarked and clean. An interesting Scottish perspective on English history by a Edinburgh scholar who came to London after the Scottish King James VI became James I of England. Deals also with Irish affairs and affairs on the continent. With an Evelyn book label to pastedown this is a lovely crisp copy.

YORK, FOR THE AUTHOR BY G. PEACOCK LONDON. 1790. FIRST EDITION. HALF LEATHER OVER MARBLED BOARDS. BOARDS AND LEATHER VERY WORN. SOME LOSS AT BOTTOM OF LEATHER SPINE. SOME DAMP STAINING TO ENDPAPERS AND TO FINAL 20 PAGES, OTHERWISE CLEAN. NO LIST OF SUBCRIBERS. ALTHOUGH BINDING ON THE WHOLE IS TIGHT, PAGES 3 TO 6 ARE LOOSE. A NOTE OF THE FEP SUGGESTS THE BOOK WAS BOUND 1835 AND NO 7 OF 91,EX HARTWELL LIBRARY. ILLUSTRATED BY FINE LINE DRAWINGS. 5 PLATES, INCLUDING 3 FOLD OUT PLANS OF HEATED GREENHOUSES. INDEX. A SCARCE BOOK AT A REALISTIC PRICE..

VENETIA : APPRESSO GIO. GUERIGLI, 1626. In 8. Dim. 24x18 cm. Pp. (62)+453+(1), (8)+164+(8), (4)+36. Rara raccolta di tre opere scritte dal letterato, poeta e drammaturgo italiano Gabriele Zinano (Reggio nell'Emilia 1557-1635) autore di dialoghi, trattati, rime e poemi eroici. Zinano è stato uno dei rappresentanti della poesia barocca e del movimento artistico e letterario del marinismo. Le tre opere di Zinano sono tutte state pubblicate nel 1626 e 1625 da "Giovanni Gueriglio". La prima opera del 1626 è politica "Della ragione de gli stati" nel quale tratta l'argomento della gestione degli Stati (diversi tipi di Stato, cambaimenti degli stati, cambiamento delle monarchie e repubbliche, corruzioni interne ed esterne degli stati, il principe, difesa dello Stato da pericoli interni ed esterni ecc...). La seconda del 1625 "Il segretario" sulla gestione degli affari e del mestiere sia privato che statale (l'abito, il trattare, i fatti segreti, il… Read More

London. Good+. 1728. First Edition. Hardcover. Title continued: whereby estates may be greatly improved. Offered to the consideration of the nobility and gentry of Great-Britain. By Batty Langly of Twickenham. Printed for Francis Clay at the Bible, and Daniel Brown at the Black-Swan, without Temple-Bar. Original binding in leather. Spine with raised bands and gilt label. Both hinges are cracked with covers firmly attached. Fold out engraved frontispiece. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact without foxing. Title in red and black ink. Decorative head and tail pieces. United Kingdom; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 274 pages .

London:: The Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge,, 1853.. First edition. Near Fine. Near Fine Condition. Folio (11.5 x 14 inches). Original publisher's cloth with floral blind embossed decoration and gilt lettering to cover. Faint owner's signature dated 1854 on ff. Skillfully rebacked with gilt-lettered cloth spine. Lower corners slightly bumped, otherwise a very nice copy. Pp. 96, fully illustrated with colored wood engravings. Each leaf has two separate colored wood-engraved botanical illustrations on the top third of the page, with the accompanying text below. Anne Pratt (1806-1893), a grocer's daughter from Kent and author of Common Things of the Seaside and Our Native Songsters, illustrated all of her botanical books in the spirit of the Victorian Naturalists and successfully merged the study of botany with romantic flower-lore. Wild Flowers is Miss Pratt's first botanical work. In 1855, she produced her hallmark work on British Flora: The Flowering Plants and… Read More