Agricola, Georg Andreas (1672-1738) Experimental
Agricola, Georg Andreas (1672-1738)
Experimental Husbandman and Gardener: Containing a New Method of Improving Estates and Gardens. London: Printed for W. Mears and F. Clay, 1726.Quarto, expanded second edition, first published as A Philosophical Treatise of Husbandry and Gardening in 1721, a translation from the German, Neu-und nie erhorter doch in Natur un Vernufft Wohlgegrundeter, title page printed in red and black, illustrated with twenty-two engraved plates (of which thirteen are folding) showing extensive and detailed ways of grafting, propagating, transplanting, pruning, planting, and rooting trees, along with botanical anatomy, bound in modern half leather with marbled paper boards, ex libris T. Maynard, with his engraved armorial bookplate pasted on the verso of the title, 11 x 8 1/2 in.ESTC T82177.
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Agricola, Georg Andreas (1672-1738)
Experimental Husbandman and Gardener: Containing a New Method of Improving Estates and Gardens. London: Printed for W. Mears and F. Clay, 1726.Quarto, expanded second edition, first published as A Philosophical Treatise of Husbandry and Gardening in 1721, a translation from the German, Neu-und nie erhorter doch in Natur un Vernufft Wohlgegrundeter, title page printed in red and black, illustrated with twenty-two engraved plates (of which thirteen are folding) showing extensive and detailed ways of grafting, propagating, transplanting, pruning, planting, and rooting trees, along with botanical anatomy, bound in modern half leather with marbled paper boards, ex libris T. Maynard, with his engraved armorial bookplate pasted on the verso of the title, 11 x 8 1/2 in.ESTC T82177.
