The Curious and Profitable Gardener. Containing I. The most useful experiments for improving land by grain and seeds. II. Curious directions for cultivating the choicest fruits of the East and West-Indies at a small Expence. III. Extraordinary remarks concerning the raising of flowers from seed IV. Particular observations and Rules for the Management of Dwarf Fruit-Trees, Wall-Trees, Espaliers, and Standards; with a new Method of rendering them more Ornamental and Profitable than is commonly practis d. To which is added, An exact description of the great American Aloe, its Manner of Blossoming, and Uses; together with the Culture of that, and many other rare Exotic Plants; with an Account of the most beautiful Kinds of Torch-Thistles, and t

John Cowell, of Hoxton.

Published by London: Printed for Weaver Bickerton, in Devereux-Court, near the Middle-Temple; and Richard Montagu, at the Post-Office, the corner of Great Queen-Street, near Drury Lane., 1730

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8°. iv, 126 [i.e. 134], [2], 67, [1] pp. Page numbers 81-88 are repeated. Bound in two parts without the four preliminary pages, Contents of both parts , which are not found in all copies according to Henrey*. In contemporary unlettered sheep, blind-ruled and with later letter-piece gilt. Volume has been re-backed and cornered and with sewn end-bands. All original endpapers preserved. Folding frontispiece plate supplied in facsimile. The work is dedicated to Catherine, Lady Walpole, wife of the Prime Minister Sir Robert Walpole. Some early pages with scattered manuscript additions in a childish hand mostly to margins (see example in photos). With the book-plate of Sir Jeremiah Colman, (1st Baronet, the industrialist who developed Colman's Mustard into an international concern), to the front paste-down. A good copy of this scarce work in a contemporary binding. *Henrey, B. British botanical and horticultural literature before 1800, 579; Hunt 482; Nissen BB1 418. ESTC T27169. Seller Inventory # PS.666

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Title: The Curious and Profitable Gardener. ...

Publisher: London: Printed for Weaver Bickerton, in Devereux-Court, near the Middle-Temple; and Richard Montagu, at the Post-Office, the corner of Great Queen-Street, near Drury Lane.

Publication Date: 1730

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Edition: 1st Edition