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
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3084833
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v.([20],786,[14]p.),plates . ill.. . 8vo.. Former shelfmarks: Rr.8.26; Nn.2.14. - Wanting the separate Vol. 1 title page in that volume. Provenance: Armorial bookplate after 1754): Philip, Earl of Hardwicke. [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754; also found in Wimpole books acquired by his successors].. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf, Cambridge-style panels, gold-decorated spines, gold-lettered
Makers and roles
George London (d.1714) Henry Wise (1653 - 1738)