The French gardiner: . instructing how to cultivate all sorts of fruit-trees, and herbs for the garden: together with directions to dry and conserve them in their natural; six times printed in France, and once in Holland. An accomplished piece, first
Nicolas de Bonnefons
Category
Books
Date
1658
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Kingston Lacy Estate, Dorset
NT 3013268
Summary
Full description
Orientation: VerticalText Substrate: handmade laid paperInk/Pigment: black printing ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supportsDate of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: English End Leaves: Single stub only remains at front and nothing at the back Structure: EnglishEdges: plain cut, originally colured blue?, polished Spine Lining: Slight round, no evidence of liningEnd Bands: None Bookmark: NoneBoards: 3mm paper pulp with coarse woven screen impressionCovering: Brown tanned sheep, sprinkled Tooling Spine: 9 horizontal blind-tooled double fillets; early 19th-century gold-tooled brown tanned goat title labelTooling Sides: blind-tooled double fillet border and quarter line; blind-tooled single fillet on board edges. Furniture: NoneEnclosure: NoneBinding Notes:
Bibliographic description
[12],294,[16]p.,plates . 12mo.. Imperfect: title page mutilated affecting title.
Makers and roles
Nicolas de Bonnefons John Evelyn (1620-1706) Abraham Hertocks (fl.1626-1662)