The compleat gard'ner: . or, directions for cultivating and right ordering of fruit-gardens, and kitchen-gardens; By Mounsieur. De La Quintinye. Now compendiously abridg'd, and made of more use, with very considerable improvements. By George London, and Henry Wise.
Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie (1626-1688)
Category
Books
Date
1699
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3048556
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2],xxxv,[1],34,35-43,[7],35-309,[7]p., [10] leaves of plates . ill.. (metal-cut) . 8vo.. Not identified in the 1768 catalogue. Bookplate on front pastedown: Armorial, Grey and Booth quarterings impaling Cavendish-Bentinck: George Harry Grey, 5th earl of Stamford & 1st earl of Warrington (2nd cr.) (1737-1819), pasted over an earlier plate of the 5th earl, surmounted with the baronet's coronet [i.e.: after marriage in 1763 but prior to assumption of earldom of Stamford in 1768].. Binding: Sprinkled, panelled calf; blind ruled, rolled and tooled; spine gilt; red spine label: 'Complea gardiner'.
Makers and roles
Jean-Baptiste de La Quintinie (1626-1688) John Evelyn (1620-1706) George London (d.1714) Henry Wise (1653 - 1738)