Jardinier solitaire.. English
François Gentil
Category
Books
Date
1706
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Dyrham, Gloucestershire
NT 3255724
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], xii, [6], 140;129-488, [8] p., plates :. ill. ;. 20 cm (8vo) zcquired by the National Trust with other former Dyrham books in April 2022. Provenance: indecipherable pencil inscription on verso of front flyleaf. Binding: eighteenth-century panelled brown calf over boards; sewn on five raised bands; central panel and outer panel sprinkled; blind tooling to upper and lower covers; gold tooled board edges; red sprinkled edges; red leather spine label with 'The Perfect Gard'ner lettered in gold.
Makers and roles
François Gentil Liger, Louis, 1658-1717 Tooke, Benjamin, -1723, publisher Wise, Henry, 1653-1738, translator London, George, -1713, translator