The gardeners dictionary: . containing the best and newest methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, fruit, flower garden, and nursery; as also for performing the practical parts of agriculture: including the management of vineyards, with the methods of making and preserving wine, ... The eighth edition, revised and altered according to the latest system of botany; and embellished with several copper-plates, which were not in some former editions. By Philip Miller, ...
Philip Miller (1691-1771)
Category
Books
Date
1768
Materials
Measurements
425 x 280 x 105 mm
Place of origin
England
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Treasurer's House, North Yorkshire
NT 3052718
Summary
Bibliographic description
[1348]p., [18] leaves of plates . ill.. . fol... Annotated throughout; occasional loose botanical specimens and a single leaf from `Botanicum Almagestum' loosely inserted. manuscript English cronology on front flyleaf. Extensive manuscript transcripts from Gentleman's Magazine and other periodicals on rear flyleaves.. Provenance: manuscript inscription on front flyleaf: Ex Libris Henrici Peckitt July 21 - 1773 Đ2=10=0. Printed auction catalogue [catalogued separately] loosely inserted.. Binding: Eighteenth-century full calf.
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Philip Miller (1691-1771)