A survey of the ancient husbandry and gardening, . collected from Cato, Varro, Columella, Virgil, and others the most eminent writers among the Greeks and Romans: ... With a preface, shewing the use of husbandry, and the necessity of erecting public gardens. By R. Bradley, ...
Richard Bradley (1688-1732)
Category
Books
Date
1725
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3126933
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 373, [11] p., [2] folding plates ill. 8vo. Binding: eighteenth century Cambridge-style blind-tooled plain and sprinkled calf; gilt tooling on edges of boards; manuscript title label, now illegible, on spine; text block edges sprinkled red and brown. Provenance: eighteenth century manuscript inscription "Davenport Talbot" on recto of first free end-paper. Eighteenth century manuscript price[?] inscription "t-i" on recto of first free end-paper.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009.
Makers and roles
Richard Bradley (1688-1732)