SWITZER, Stephen (1682?-1745). Ichnographia Rustica: or, the Nobleman, Gentleman, and Gardener's Recreation . London: for D. Browne, B. Barker, C. King and W. Mears, 1718.
SWITZER, Stephen (1682?-1745). Ichnographia Rustica: or, the Nobleman, Gentleman, and Gardener's Recreation . London: for D. Browne, B. Barker, C. King and W. Mears, 1718. 3 volumes, 8 o (192 x 117 mm). Engraved frontispiece, titles printed in red and black, 54 engraved plates and plans by Sutton Nichols and M. vander Gucht (18 folding), woodcut ornaments. (Some marginal worming, a few marginal repairs, some browning or staining.) Later sprinkled calf, spines gilt in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands (rubbed). Provenance : unidentified armorial bookplate in volume 2. FIRST EDITION, second issue of one volume. In 1715, Switzer published The Nobleman, Gentleman, and Gardener's Recreation , a work which Hunt notes is "essentially the same as Vol.I of Ichnographia Rustica ." Three years later, it was reissued with two additional volumes as the Ichnographia Rustica . RARE: according to American Book Prices Current , only 2 copies of this work have sold in the last 35 years. See: Berlin Kat. 3413 (1742 edition); Hunt 519 (1742 edition). (3)
SWITZER, Stephen (1682?-1745). Ichnographia Rustica: or, the Nobleman, Gentleman, and Gardener's Recreation . London: for D. Browne, B. Barker, C. King and W. Mears, 1718.
SWITZER, Stephen (1682?-1745). Ichnographia Rustica: or, the Nobleman, Gentleman, and Gardener's Recreation . London: for D. Browne, B. Barker, C. King and W. Mears, 1718. 3 volumes, 8 o (192 x 117 mm). Engraved frontispiece, titles printed in red and black, 54 engraved plates and plans by Sutton Nichols and M. vander Gucht (18 folding), woodcut ornaments. (Some marginal worming, a few marginal repairs, some browning or staining.) Later sprinkled calf, spines gilt in 6 compartments with 5 raised bands (rubbed). Provenance : unidentified armorial bookplate in volume 2. FIRST EDITION, second issue of one volume. In 1715, Switzer published The Nobleman, Gentleman, and Gardener's Recreation , a work which Hunt notes is "essentially the same as Vol.I of Ichnographia Rustica ." Three years later, it was reissued with two additional volumes as the Ichnographia Rustica . RARE: according to American Book Prices Current , only 2 copies of this work have sold in the last 35 years. See: Berlin Kat. 3413 (1742 edition); Hunt 519 (1742 edition). (3)
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