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Gardening--
Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 GBP
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Description
- Collection of five volumes from the seventeenth century, comprising:
- PAPER
Platt, H. The Jewel House of Art and Nature. London: Bernard Alsop, 1653, small 4to, woodcut illustrations in the text, contemporary sheep, some browning, fraying and spotting, rebacked, binding worn with loss, upper cover detached; Ibid. The Garden of Eden. Or, an accurate Description of all Flowers and Fruits now growing in England... London: W. Leake, 1653, small 8vo, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed--Markham, G. Markham's Farewell to Husbandry... seventh time revis'd, corrected and amended. London: G. Sawbridge, 1660, 4to, woodcuts in the text, modern panelled calf, occasional light soiling; Ibid. Markham's Farewell to Husbandry... tenth time revis'd, corrected and amended. London: G. Sawbridge, 1676, 4to, woodcuts in the text text, modern calf-backed boards, slight discolouration--Evelyn, J. Kalendarium Hortense: or the Gardeners Almanac. London: M. Gillyflower and J. Partridge, 1691, second issue of the eighth edition, 8vo, engraved frontispiece, title printed in red and black, one full-page engraved illustration, contemporary calf, first gathering slightly wormed in inner margin, rebacked (5)
Provenance
Hroar Dege (lots 422 and 423)