Profitable Arte of Gardening: Now the thirde time set forth: to which is added much necessarie matter, and a number of secretes, with the phisicke helpes belonging to eche herbe, and that easly prepared. To this is annexed tvvo proper treatises, the one entituled, The maruellous gouernment, propertie, and benefite of the bees, with the rare secrets of the honie and waxe. And the other: the yearely coniectures, meete for husbandmen to knovv: englished by Thomas Hill Londoner. VVhereunto is newly added a treatise of the arte of graffing and planting of trees

HILL, Thomas

Published by Henrie Bynneman, London, 1574

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Full Description: HILL, Thomas. The Profitable Arte of Gardening. Now the thirde time set forth: to which is added much necessarie matter, and a number of secretes, with the phisicke helpes belonging to eche herbe, and that easly prepared. To this is annexed tvvo proper treatises, the one entituled, The maruellous gouernment, propertie, and benefite of the bees, with the rare secrets of the honie and waxe. And the other: the yearely coniectures, meete for husbandmen to knovv: englished by Thomas Hill Londoner. VVhereunto is newly added a treatise of the arte of graffing and planting of trees. London: Henrie Bynneman, 1574. Third edition thus, fifth edition overall. Two books in one volume. With separate title-page for "A profitable instruction of the perfite ordering of bees." This work was first published in [1558] under the title "A most briefe and pleasaunte treatyse, teachynge how to dresse, sowe, and set a garden" and had two editions before it was expanded and renamed in 1568. Two works in one small quarto volume. (7 9/16 x 5 1/16 inches; 193 x 140 mm). [12], 134, [2]; [8], 87, [1, colophon] pp. Colation matches that of the British Library. Printed in black letter. General and divisional title-pages within woodcut border. Numerous woodcuts in the text as well as woodcut head and tail-pieces and initials. This edition of the first book contains the large woodcut "A proper knot for a Garden." This is the second edition to contain the "Art of Planting and Grassing." Bound by Riviere & Son in full dark brown morocco, rebacked to style. Spine lettered in gilt. Gilt dentelles. All edges gilt. Newer endpapers. Some minor spotting and rubbing to boards. A small tear to blank endpaper where the a bookplate was removed. Overall a very good copy. Thomas Hill was a writer and translator. "Hill knew Latin and Italian and he became known as a translator of popular books on science and the supernatural. His first publication, in 1556, was a translation of a Latin compilation on physiognomy. This was dedicated to a physician, George Keble, as was its successor in 1559, a compilation on the interpretation of dreams, which ran to five editions. In 1560, the year of his first extant almanac, he was described as a leading almanac-maker, 'both lerned and honest' Hill produced at least eight more almanacs, becoming one of the first English makers of such a series, and one of the first to produce an almanac (in 1571) with blank pages, for use as a pocket diary. About 1560 he also published "A Briefe Treatyse of Gardening", the first book on that subject in English; this ran to nine editions." (Oxford DNB). ESTC S117236. Henrey 197. British Bee Books 7. Hunt 117. HBS 69582. $8,500.

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• Title: Profitable Arte of Gardening: Now the thirde time set forth: to which is added much necessarie matter, and a number of secretes, with the phisicke helpes belonging to eche herbe, and that easly prepared. To this is annexed tvvo proper treatises, the one entituled, The maruellous gouernment, propertie, and benefite of the bees, with the rare secrets of the honie and waxe. And the other: the yearely coniectures, meete for husbandmen to knovv: englished by Thomas Hill Londoner. VVhereunto is newly...
• Publisher: Henrie Bynneman, London
• Publication Date: 1574
• Binding: Hardcover
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