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Three Early Books on Gardens Herbal Planting
Lot 297

Three Early Books on Gardens Herbal Planting

Estimate: $200 - $400
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Three early books on Gardening.   1718. New Improvements of Planting and Gardening...The Second Edition Corrected. By Richard Bradley...London Printed for W. Mears...M DCC XVIII.   Book II with separate title page dated 1720 (Third Edition Corrected). Book III with separate title page dated 1718. Bound with The Gentleman and Gardener's Kalendar...with Directions for the Making and Ordering Hop-Grounds. By Richard Bradley, F.R.S. To which is added, The Design of a Green-House...London: Printed for W. Mears...MDCCXVIII. All titles printed in red and black. Publisher's catalog at the end of all but one book. Frontis to Book I and Kalendar. Copperplate engravings throughout, some folding. Appears complete. 8vo. Binding rebacked and corners restored. Endsheets renewed in period style Dutch marbling.     1770. The Useful Family Herbal: Or, An Account of all those English Plants, Which are remarkable for their Virtues...Illustrated with Figures of the most useful English Plants...By John Hill, M.D. The Third Edition. London...MDCCLXX. With the publisher's advertisement frontis. 404 pp 8vo. Contains 8 copperplate engravings of common herbs, collected at the beginning of the work. Original binding in sheep. Original spine label intact. Front cover is essentially detatched. Normal wear and foxing.    1807 The Botanic Garden. A Poem. In Two Parts...[Erasmus Darwin]...The Second American Edition. New York ...1807. Main title and titles to each book are present. 21 fine engravings (with normal darkening/foxing/offset), including "Selection of the Strata". Large Bookseller's label pasted to inside front cover for Shakspear's Head, An Antiquarian "Book Shop" where Old Books Are Bought and Sold...Cor. Fayette and St. Paul Streets, Under the Mansion House, Balto. 278 & 144 pp. 8vo. Original full (flame) calf binding in fine condition. Gilt spine decorations and original spine label intact. Scarce.

Condition: As stated above for each book.

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