Eden: or, a Compleat Body of Gardening.

London: Printed for the Author in St. James’s Street;, c. 1773. Edition: The Second Edition, Binding: Contemporary full calf; with six raised bands; compartments with blind floral ornament; gilt lettered red morocco label on 2. All edges red. , Notes: John Hill lived from 1712 or 1714 – 1775; he was apothecary, studied botany and travelled the country for search of rare plants in order to increase profits; he held a medical degree from Edinborough and made “considerable sums by the preparation of vegetable medicines”. Today he is remembered for his work as British botanist and for his writings involving “him in many quarrels, both in the field of science and that of literature.” George Rousseau said the following about him: ‘Sir John Hill (1714–1775) was one of Georgian England’s most vilified men despite having contributed prolifically to its medicine, science and literature. … Yet by the time he died, he had been knighted by the Swedish monarch and become a household name among scientists and writers throughout Britain and Europe.” He (together with possibly other authors) published this volume in the exact same form as Thomas Hale’s "The Compleat Body of Husbandry", published only one year earlier in London by the same printers. The present first edition was in effect the collection of weekly, illustrated guides on gardening – published between 1756 and 1757 for approximately 60 weeks, each edition with one engraved plate; this was later published under the present title “Eden, or a Compleat Body of Gardening”. The title mentions that the book was ‘compiled and digested from the papers of the late celebrated Mr. Hale by the authors of the “Compleat Body of Husbandry”. ‘, Size: Folio (416x265mm). , Illustration: Illustrated frontis plus 80 floral plates of which 61 are part of the main text - one of these plates, on p. 80, is unnumbered and plate #1 is hand-coloured; 19 plates are part of an appendix., References: DONB 848; Henrey III 776; Nissen Br. Bot. 880; Dunthorne 129; , Pages: Frontis, title, blank, dedication (2), 712, appendix 713-716 with plates 61-79, contents (2), Preface (2), index (2), printer’s device. Mispaginations: 592 (as 584), 593 (as 595), 596 as 598 696 (as 695). , Category: Book Natural History; Book Plate Books General;. With appendix (additional 19 plates) Scratches and abrasions to covers; minor browning to text leaves; otherwise a very good copy. Plates and text are generally clean and crisp. Item #B5029

Edition: The Second Edition, Binding: Contemporary full calf; with six raised bands; compartments with blind floral ornament; gilt lettered red morocco label on 2. All edges red. , Notes: John Hill lived from 1712 or 1714 – 1775; he was apothecary, studied botany and travelled the country for search of rare plants in order to increase profits; he held a medical degree from Edinborough and made “considerable sums by the preparation of vegetable medicines”. Today he is remembered for his work as British botanist and for his writings involving “him in many quarrels, both in the field of science and that of literature.” George Rousseau said the following about him: ‘Sir John Hill (1714–1775) was one of Georgian England’s most vilified men despite having contributed prolifically to its medicine, science and literature. … Yet by the time he died, he had been knighted by the Swedish monarch and become a household name among scientists and writers throughout Britain and Europe.” He (together with possibly other authors) published this volume in the exact same form as Thomas Hale’s "The Compleat Body of Husbandry", published only one year earlier in London by the same printers. The present first edition was in effect the collection of weekly, illustrated guides on gardening – published between 1756 and 1757 for approximately 60 weeks, each edition with one engraved plate; this was later published under the present title “Eden, or a Compleat Body of Gardening”. The title mentions that the book was ‘compiled and digested from the papers of the late celebrated Mr. Hale by the authors of the “Compleat Body of Husbandry”. ‘, Size: Folio (416x265mm). , Illustration: Illustrated frontis plus 80 floral plates of which 61 are part of the main text - one of these plates, on p. 80, is unnumbered and plate #1 is hand-coloured; 19 plates are part of an appendix., References: DONB 848; Henrey III 776; Nissen Br. Bot. 880; Dunthorne 129; , Pages: Frontis, title, blank, dedication (2), 712, appendix 713-716 with plates 61-79, contents (2), Preface (2), index (2), printer’s device. Mispaginations: 592 (as 584), 593 (as 595), 596 as 598 696 (as 695). , Category: Book Natural History; Book Plate Books General;.

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