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Kalendarium Hortense, Or, The Gard'ners Almanac, Directing What He is to do Monthly Throughout the Year, And What Fruits and Flowers are in Prime
by Evelyn, John
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very good
- Seller
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Tucson, Arizona, United States
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About This Item
London: Printed for R. Chiswell in St. Paul's Church-yard, 1691. Early Edition. Hardcover. Very good. The eighth edition, with many useful additions. 12mo. (xxii,175(xv)pp. Title page in red and black, and with an engraved frontispiece-title. Index. Errata page present in rear. Contemporary full sprinkled calf; spine in 5 compartments with raised bands, gilt, and gilt title. With a full page engraving at p. 157 illustrating the construction of a greenhouse. Light wear to edges, dampstain affecting the bottom of the endpapers, a few small marginal wormholes, two ownership names on preliminary blanks else a very good copy. ETSC R294. Wing #3498.
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- Bookseller
- Thorn Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 17062
- Title
- Kalendarium Hortense, Or, The Gard'ners Almanac, Directing What He is to do Monthly Throughout the Year, And What Fruits and Flowers are in Prime
- Author
- Evelyn, John
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for R. Chiswell in St. Paul's Church-yard
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1691
- Bookseller catalogs
- Rare Books;
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Thorn Books
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Thorn Books
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Tucson, Arizona
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Glossary
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- Title Page
- A page at the front of a book which may contain the title of the book, any subtitles, the authors, contributors, editors, the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Errata
- Errata: aka Errata Slip A piece of paper either laid in to the book correcting errors found in the printed text after being...
- 12mo
- A duodecimo is a book approximately 7 by 4.5 inches in size, or similar in size to a contemporary mass market paperback. Also...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
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