New improvements of planting and gardening, both philosophical and practical. . Explaining the motion of the sap and generation of plants: with other discoveries never before made publick, ... Adorn'd wth copper plates. Part II. By Richard Bradley, ...
Richard Bradley (1688-1732)
Category
Books
Date
1717
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3095071.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16],136p., [2] leaves of plates (1 folded) . ill.. . 8vo. Bound with pts. 1 and 3 (both 1718).. Provenance: Marginalia and underscorings in pencil; according to Sydenham Hervey such "mysterious little pencil marks in the margins" are a sign of ownership by John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751).. Binding: Eighteenth-century Cambridge-style blind-panelled calf binding; gilt roll on board edges. Rebacked in gold-tooled calf, with gilt title, author and date stamped on spine.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
Richard Bradley (1688-1732)