The retir'd gard'ner. . In two volumes. Vol.I. being a translation of Le jardinier solitaire, ... Vol.II. containing the manner of planting and cultivating all sorts of flowers, plants, shrubs and under-shrubs, ... The whole revis'd, with several alterations and additions, ... By George London, and Henry Wise.
George London (d.1714)
Category
Books
Date
1706
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Waddesdon Manor, Buckinghamshire
NT 3084832.1
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. 1, plates . ill. . 8vo.. Accession no. 4473.1. Catalogued from Barber catalogue. Provenance: Bequest of James de Rothschild, 1957. Provenance: unidentified armorial armorial bookplate, late seventeenth- or early eighteenth-century, with the motto: "Spectamur Agendo". Binding: eigteenth-century English speckled calf; blind panel design; spains stained and gilt with red lettering-pieces, one replaced. Tools on spines similar on both volumes, but not identical. Red sprinkled edges.
Makers and roles
George London (d.1714) Henry Wise (1653 - 1738)