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HILL, Thomas (fl.1590). The Profitable Arte of Gardening: to which is added much necessarie matter, and a number of secrets, with the Phisicke helps belonging to each hearbe, and that easily prepared. To this is annexed two proper treatises, the one entituled, The meruailous gouernment, propertie, and benefite of Bees, with the rare secretes of the honnie and waxe. And the other, The yerely coniectures meete for Husbandmen. To these is likewise added a Treatise of the Arte of Graffing and Planting of trees. Gathered by Thomas Hyll, citizen of London. London: Edward Allde, 1593.
HILL, Thomas (fl.1590). The Profitable Arte of Gardening: to which is added much necessarie matter, and a number of secrets, with the Phisicke helps belonging to each hearbe, and that easily prepared. To this is annexed two proper treatises, the one entituled, The meruailous gouernment, propertie, and benefite of Bees, with the rare secretes of the honnie and waxe. And the other, The yerely coniectures meete for Husbandmen. To these is likewise added a Treatise of the Arte of Graffing and Planting of trees. Gathered by Thomas Hyll, citizen of London. London: Edward Allde, 1593.

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HILL, Thomas (fl.1590). The Profitable Arte of Gardening: to which is added much necessarie matter, and a number of secrets, with the Phisicke helps belonging to each hearbe, and that easily prepared. To this is annexed two proper treatises, the one entituled, The meruailous gouernment, propertie, and benefite of Bees, with the rare secretes of the honnie and waxe. And the other, The yerely coniectures meete for Husbandmen. To these is likewise added a Treatise of the Arte of Graffing and Planting of trees. Gathered by Thomas Hyll, citizen of London. London: Edward Allde, 1593.

The section on grafting is an extract from the "Chronicle" of Richard Arnold. "A profitable instruction of the perfect ordering of bees" has separate dated title-page and pagination.

Two parts in one, 4to. Several woodcuts in text showing various garden mazes. (Some dampstaining to lower fore-corners.) Contemporary calf. Provenance: Jos. Hartyn (ownership inscription dated 1727 on front free endpaper). ESTC S104120; Henrey 200; STC 13496.

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