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CURIOSITIES OF NATURE AND ART IN HUSBANDRY AND GARDENING. Containing several new experiments in the Improvement of Land, Trees, Fruits, &c. And also nice and useful Observations relating to the Vegetation and Propagation of Plants; with choice Secrets to make Plants, Flowers and Fruits larger, more beautiful, and to ripen earlier than usual.

CURIOSITIES OF NATURE AND ART IN HUSBANDRY AND GARDENING. Containing several new experiments in the Improvement of Land, Trees, Fruits, &c. And also nice and useful Observations relating to the Vegetation and Propagation of Plants; with choice Secrets to make Plants, Flowers and Fruits larger, more beautiful, and to ripen earlier than usual.

CURIOSITIES OF NATURE AND ART IN HUSBANDRY AND GARDENING. Containing several new
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CURIOSITIES OF NATURE AND ART IN HUSBANDRY AND GARDENING. Containing several new experiments in the Improvement of Land, Trees, Fruits, &c. And also nice and useful Observations relating to the Vegetation and Propagation of Plants; with choice Secrets to make Plants, Flowers and Fruits larger, more beautiful, and to ripen earlier than usual.

by Vallemont, Pierre le Lorrain, abbe´ de] (1649-1721) but not named

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London: D. Brown, A. Roper & Fran. Coggan First English edition, 1707. Hardcover. Good. Allegorical frontispiece + 12 copperplates (one of which in facsimile on old paper). Frontispiece attributed to Michael van der Gucht (1660-1725) Flemish engraver working in England.. Octavo panelled calf blindtooled (tips worn, neatly rebackacked I matching leather). Frontis, titlepage +[14] +352pp some misnumbered but collated complete. Text foxed & browned but paper still quite crisp, stable & tight. The plates printed on different paper and are all unfoxed, and aside from slight marginal browning are whiter than the text. *Translated by William Fleetwood from Curiositez de la Nature et de l'Art sur la Ve´ge´tation, but author's & translator's names do not appear. This English version pre-dates the French first edition as given in British Library catalogue, and the chapter order does not correspond with the French.

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CURIOSITIES OF NATURE AND ART IN HUSBANDRY AND GARDENING. Containing several new experiments in the Improvement of Land, Trees, Fruits, &c. And also nice and useful Observations relating to the Vegetation and Propagation of Plants; with choice Secrets to make Plants, Flowers and Fruits larger, more beautiful, and to ripen earlier than usual.
Author
Vallemont, Pierre le Lorrain, abbe´ de] (1649-1721) but not named
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Allegorical frontispiece + 12 copperplates (one of which in facsimile on old paper). Frontispiece attributed to Michael van der
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D. Brown, A. Roper & Fran. Coggan First English edition
Place of Publication
London
Date Published
1707
Keywords
gardening agriculture horticulture plants
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