The gentleman's recreation: or The second part of the art of gardening improved. Containing several new experiments and curious observations relating to fruit-trees: particularly, a new method of building walls with horizontal shelters. Illustrated with copper plates. By John Laurence, M.A. rector of Yelvertost in Northamptonshire. To which is added by way of appendix, a new and familiar way to find a most exact meridian line by the pole-star; whereby gentlemen may know the true bearings of their houses and garden walls, and regulate their clocks and watches, &c. By Edward Laurence, brother to the author of this book
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- The gentleman's recreation: or The second part of the art of gardening improved. Containing several new experiments and curious observations relating to fruit-trees: particularly, a new method of building walls with horizontal shelters. Illustrated with copper plates. By John Laurence, M.A. rector of Yelvertost in Northamptonshire. To which is added by way of appendix, a new and familiar way to find a most exact meridian line by the pole-star; whereby gentlemen may know the true bearings of their houses and garden walls, and regulate their clocks and watches, &c. By Edward Laurence, brother to the author of this book
- Gentlemans recreation pr: for B: Lintot; Pleasure and profit of gardening, improv'd
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London : printed for Bernard Lintott between the Temple-Gates in Fleetstreet, 1717.
The second edition.; ..
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Laurence, John, 1668-1732. Gardening improv'd.
- Publication year
- 1717
- ESTC No.
- T142272
- Grub Street ID
- 189681
- Description
- [20], 115, [1] p., [3] leaves of folded plates : ill. ; 8°.
- Note
- In this edition, the last '7' of the date on the titlepage falls below the first 't' of 'Lintott'; the 'B' of the signature B3 is beneath the 'a' of 'acquainted'
Also issued as part of: 'Gardening improv'd: containing I. The clergyman's recreation; .. ' London, 1718
Running title: 'The pleasure and profit of gardening, improv'd
Signatures: A]8 a]2 B-H]8 I]2.
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- frontis. = ill