Miller, Philip THE GARDNERS DICTIONARY. CONTAINING, THE METHODS OF CULTIVATING AND IMPROVING THE KITCHEN, FLOWER, FRUIT, AND PLEASURE GARDEN. … THE SIXTH EDITION. LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR; AND SOLD BY JOHN AND JAMES RIVINGTON, 1752 Numerous woodcut head- and tailpieces and initial-frames. Illustration: Engraved allegorical frontispiece after S. Wale by E. Rooker, 9 engraved plates, including 4 of plants by Georg Dionysius Ehret a few woodcut vignettes in text. Folio (18 1/8 x 11 1/4 in.; 462 x 287 mm). Binding: Fine retrospective binding of diced russia over early marbled boards, spine elaborately gilt in eight compartments with floral and foliate tools, red morocco label, early red-sprinkled edges. Provenance: Sir William Purves Hume Campbell, Baronet (bookplate) — Anita Peek Gilger (Christie's, 14 October 2003, lot 42 [part]). Some faint dampstaining at top margin and lower fore-edge corners, 3 of the Ehret plates spotted.
Miller, Philip THE GARDNERS DICTIONARY. CONTAINING, THE METHODS OF CULTIVATING AND IMPROVING THE KITCHEN, FLOWER, FRUIT, AND PLEASURE GARDEN. … THE SIXTH EDITION. LONDON: PRINTED FOR THE AUTHOR; AND SOLD BY JOHN AND JAMES RIVINGTON, 1752 Numerous woodcut head- and tailpieces and initial-frames. Illustration: Engraved allegorical frontispiece after S. Wale by E. Rooker, 9 engraved plates, including 4 of plants by Georg Dionysius Ehret a few woodcut vignettes in text. Folio (18 1/8 x 11 1/4 in.; 462 x 287 mm). Binding: Fine retrospective binding of diced russia over early marbled boards, spine elaborately gilt in eight compartments with floral and foliate tools, red morocco label, early red-sprinkled edges. Provenance: Sir William Purves Hume Campbell, Baronet (bookplate) — Anita Peek Gilger (Christie's, 14 October 2003, lot 42 [part]). Some faint dampstaining at top margin and lower fore-edge corners, 3 of the Ehret plates spotted.
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