Flora: Seu, De Florum Cultura. Or, A Complete Florilege, Furnished with all Requisites belonging to a Florist. In III books, 1st edition, 1665], lacks letterpress title following 'The Mind of the Front', 16 engraved plans of formal gardens on 8 plates (plates 4 and 5 close-trimmed at head), woodcut initials throughout, separate dated title-page to 'Pomona. The third book', errata at foot of final page of index, a little worm tracing and some small worm holes to gutter margins not affecting text, minor spotting, old ink ownership name of 'Eliz: Yorke' at head of first leaf verso, later ownership inscription of Mrs Ann Parker to front free endpaper and bookplate of Christopher Rowe to front pastedown, recent period-style blind-stamped calf with red morocco spine label, folio (305 x 190 mm) Henrey 325; Hunt 301; Wing R421 or R422. 'The most important English treatise on gardening to be published during the second half of the seventeenth century'. (1)
Flora: Seu, De Florum Cultura. Or, A Complete Florilege, Furnished with all Requisites belonging to a Florist. In III books, 1st edition, 1665], lacks letterpress title following 'The Mind of the Front', 16 engraved plans of formal gardens on 8 plates (plates 4 and 5 close-trimmed at head), woodcut initials throughout, separate dated title-page to 'Pomona. The third book', errata at foot of final page of index, a little worm tracing and some small worm holes to gutter margins not affecting text, minor spotting, old ink ownership name of 'Eliz: Yorke' at head of first leaf verso, later ownership inscription of Mrs Ann Parker to front free endpaper and bookplate of Christopher Rowe to front pastedown, recent period-style blind-stamped calf with red morocco spine label, folio (305 x 190 mm) Henrey 325; Hunt 301; Wing R421 or R422. 'The most important English treatise on gardening to be published during the second half of the seventeenth century'. (1)
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