The gardener's new kalendar, . divided according to the twelve months of the year, [...] Illustrated with elegant and useful figures. [...] The system of Linnæus is also explained [...] And the method of designing, and laying out a garden in the modern taste; [...].
John Hill (1714-1775)
Category
Books
Date
1758
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3049335
Summary
Bibliographic description
iv,428p.,[3] plates (folding) . ill.. . 8vo.. Not identified in 1768 catalogue.. Provenance: 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: Calf; double gilt ruled; red spine label: 'Gardener's Kalendar'.
Makers and roles
John Hill (1714-1775)