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Plain and Full Instructions to Raise all Sorts of Fruit-trees in England. Second edition, revised and enlarged in many places; together with an addition of two intire chapters of Greens and Green-houses
by Langford, T
- Used
- Good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
- Seller
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London, Greater London, United Kingdom
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About This Item
Rose and Crown in St Paul's Churchyard: Richard Chiswell, 1696. Second edition. Illustrated with one engraved plate only (of two - lacking one plate), 12mo, pp (30), 220, + publisher's advertisement of six pages, a bit age-toned and marked throughout, some staining in the lower margins towards the centre of the book, the plate rather marked and frayed, a tight copy. Original calf, a bit worn, lacking small portions of the lower cover, neatly rebacked with unlettered leather spine, new endpapers. RARE. [Blanche Henrey 216. Little is known of the author but the work, in its first edition, was highly praised by both John Evelyn and Samuel Gilbert. This second edition includes an extra chapter on evergreens and greenhouses; it also includes a catalogue of fruit trees and shrubs for sale from Brompton Park Nursery.]. Second edition. Half Leather. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd
(GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 019573
- Title
- Plain and Full Instructions to Raise all Sorts of Fruit-trees in England. Second edition, revised and enlarged in many places; together with an addition of two intire chapters of Greens and Green-houses
- Author
- Langford, T
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Second edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Richard Chiswell
- Place of Publication
- Rose and Crown in St Paul's Churchyard
- Date Published
- 1696
- Bookseller catalogs
- Fruit & Vegetables; Early works;
Terms of Sale
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About the Seller
Mike Park Ltd
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London, Greater London
About Mike Park Ltd
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- Tight
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- 12mo
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- Calf
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- Spine
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- Rebacked
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- First Edition
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- New
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- Plate
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