Systema horti-culturae: or, The art of gardening.. In three books. The I. Treateth of the excellency, scituation, soil, form, walks, arbours, springs, fountains, waterworks, grotto's, statues, and other magnificent ornaments of gardens, with many necessary rules, precepts, and directions, concerning the same. The II. Treateth of all sorts of trees planted for ornament of shade, ... and the best ways and methods of raising, planting, and improving them. The III. Treateth of the kitchin garden, and of the great variety of plants propagated for food or for any culinary uses ... and profit for ornament and delight. Illustrated with sculptures, representing the form of gardens, according to the newest models. The second edition with large additions.
John Worlidge (d.1693)
Category
Books
Date
1683
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Lyme, Cheshire
NT 3160464
Summary
Bibliographic description
[26], 298, [18] p., [4] leaves of plates : ill. ; 8vo. Former shelfmark: D.4.13. With two final publisher's advertisement leaves; pagination thus: [26], 298, [22] p., [4] leaves of plates. Provenance: twentieth-century armorial bookplate: 'Lyme', signed 'J. F. Badeley. fecit 1904' [i.e. Thomas Wodehouse, 2nd Lord Newton (1857-1942)] (cf. Wilson & Lee ‘Badeley’ no. 119). Printed shelfmark label beneath bookplate: Case "M" [in MS.] Shelf "2" [i.e. a Lyme Park book]. Binding: late seventeenth-century sprinkled calf; double blind fillet border, with blind roll pattern along spine-edge; gilt dotted roll pattern on board edges. Rebacked in calf, spine with green gilt title label, and nineteenth-century gilt ram's head crest stamp [i.e. a Legh family book]. Marbled edges.
Makers and roles
John Worlidge (d.1693)