Gardening.- S[tevenson] (H[enry]) The Young Gard'ner's Director, first edition, lacking engraved frontispiece but with engraved plate of knot gardens, 3pp. catalogue of books at end, contemporary ink inscription "S.Pulleyn 1748" on verso of title, some light spotting or soiling, contemporary calf, a little worn and wormed, rebacked, [British Bee Books 77; Henrey 1387], 12mo, for Anthony Barker, 1716. ⁂ Rare manual for planting and cultivating gardens, with a section on the management of bees. Several subsequent editions were issued from 1744 onwards, all of which are scarce, but ESTC lists only 6 copies of this first edition.
Gardening.- S[tevenson] (H[enry]) The Young Gard'ner's Director, first edition, lacking engraved frontispiece but with engraved plate of knot gardens, 3pp. catalogue of books at end, contemporary ink inscription "S.Pulleyn 1748" on verso of title, some light spotting or soiling, contemporary calf, a little worn and wormed, rebacked, [British Bee Books 77; Henrey 1387], 12mo, for Anthony Barker, 1716. ⁂ Rare manual for planting and cultivating gardens, with a section on the management of bees. Several subsequent editions were issued from 1744 onwards, all of which are scarce, but ESTC lists only 6 copies of this first edition.
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