Systema horti-culturæ: : or, The art of gardening. In three books. The I. Treateth of the excellency, scituation, soil, form, walks, arbours, springs, fountains, water-works, grotto's, statues, and other ornaments of gardens, with many rules, and directions, concerning the same. The II. Treateth of all sorts of trees planted for ornament of shade, winter-greens, flower-trees, and flowers, that are propagated or preserv'd in the gardens of the best florists, and the best way's and methods of raising, planting, and improving them. The III. Treateth of the kitchin garden, and of the variety of plants propagated for food, or for any culinary uses: with many general and particular rules, and instructions, for the making hot beds, altering and enriching any sort of garden ground, watering, cleansing, and adapting all sorts of earth to the various plants that are usually planted therein. ... Illustrated with sculptures, ... according to the newest models. / By J. Woolridge, [sic] gent.
John Worlidge (d.1693)
Category
Books
Date
1688
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Wimpole, Cambridgeshire
NT 3144931
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], x, [4], 278, [18] p., [4] plates ; 8vo. Provenance: Armorial bookplate (between 1733 and 1754): Philip Lord Hardwicke Baron of Hardwicke in ye County of Gloucester [i.e. Philip Yorke, 1st Earl of Hardwicke (1690-1764), created Baron Hardwicke, 1733, and Earl of Hardwicke, 1754]. Binding: Seventeenth-century sprinkled calf over boards on three recessed cords; double gilt fillet and lozenge tool on spine; double blind fillet on covers; remains of gilt roll on board edges; red sprinkled edges. Spine label missing.
Makers and roles
John Worlidge (d.1693), author Frederick-Hendrik van den Hove (The Hague c.1628 - London 1698). , engraver (printmaker)