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GROEN, J. van der – Pieter NYLANDT. Het Vermakelijk Land-leven: Den Nederlantsen Hovenier. -Den verstandigen Hovenier, over de twaelf Maenden van 't Jaer. -De Medicyn-winkel, of Ervaren Huys-houder. Amsterdam: G. de Groot, 1711-21.
Later edition of this charming, frequently reprinted work on gardening and garden architecture, (veterinary) medicine, distillery, beekeeping and cooking.
3 parts in one volume, 4to (186 x 154 mm). First part with engraved frontispiece and 15 engraved plates of gardens and trees, and numerous woodcuts of parterres and garden decoration, garden tools and trees. Second part with engraved frontispiece and one full-page engraving showing four different kinds of grafting. Third part with three divisional titles, each with a large engraving (showing stable, beehives, and a kitchen), one full-page woodcut and a few smaller in the text. (Some marginal browning and soling, a few woodcuts shaved slightly.) contemporary vellum (stained).
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COMMELIN, Jan (1629-1692). The Belgick or Netherlandish Hesperides. That is the Management, Ordering, and Use of the Limon and Orange Trees, Fitted to the Nature and Climate of the Netherlands. London: J. Holford, 1683.
First English edition (preceded by the 1676 Dutch edition Nederlantze Hesperides), of the first book devoted to the growing of citrus plants in Northern Europe.
8vo (169 x 101 mm). (A few pale stains, E gathering with minor browning, trimmed close affecting a few shoulder notes.) Contemporary calf (joints starting). Provenance: Henry Streatfeild (1706-1762) British landowner in Chiddingstone, Kent (signature on title-page); Streatfeild family (armorial bookplate). ESTC R492492; Henrey 35; Wing C-5544.
Later edition of this charming, frequently reprinted work on gardening and garden architecture, (veterinary) medicine, distillery, beekeeping and cooking.
3 parts in one volume, 4to (186 x 154 mm). First part with engraved frontispiece and 15 engraved plates of gardens and trees, and numerous woodcuts of parterres and garden decoration, garden tools and trees. Second part with engraved frontispiece and one full-page engraving showing four different kinds of grafting. Third part with three divisional titles, each with a large engraving (showing stable, beehives, and a kitchen), one full-page woodcut and a few smaller in the text. (Some marginal browning and soling, a few woodcuts shaved slightly.) contemporary vellum (stained).
[With:]
COMMELIN, Jan (1629-1692). The Belgick or Netherlandish Hesperides. That is the Management, Ordering, and Use of the Limon and Orange Trees, Fitted to the Nature and Climate of the Netherlands. London: J. Holford, 1683.
First English edition (preceded by the 1676 Dutch edition Nederlantze Hesperides), of the first book devoted to the growing of citrus plants in Northern Europe.
8vo (169 x 101 mm). (A few pale stains, E gathering with minor browning, trimmed close affecting a few shoulder notes.) Contemporary calf (joints starting). Provenance: Henry Streatfeild (1706-1762) British landowner in Chiddingstone, Kent (signature on title-page); Streatfeild family (armorial bookplate). ESTC R492492; Henrey 35; Wing C-5544.