KALENDARIUM HORTENSE: OR THE GARD'NERS ALMANAC
by EVELYN, JOHN
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McMinnville, Oregon, United States
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About This Item
London: John Martyn, 1671. Fourth Edition. 155 x 98 mm. (6 x 3 7/8"). 127 pp., [8] leaves (final blank).
Contemporary sprinkled sheep, covers ruled in blind, flat spine with small paper label and painted red markings. With engraved frontispiece. Front flyleaf and title page with early ink markings ("X 16." and "D X 14"); rear inside cover with pencilled signature of Wm. Lyall. Keynes 61; Wing E-3494; ESTC R215726. ◆Old repaired crack to tail of rear joint, short tears to head of joints, leather a little stained and rubbed, but the original fragile binding solid and pleasing; first couple of leaves frayed and browned at edges, a couple of short marginal tears, other trivial defects, but a surprisingly attractive copy internally, quite clean, fresh, and bright throughout.
This is an especially appealing copy of John Evelyn's most popular work, a guide to monthly gardening tasks that is scarce because, as Keynes observes, "The book was made for use, and it was, indeed, used up." Compiled around 1650, the "Almanac" was first printed in 1664 as an addendum to the folio edition of "Pomona"; a separate octavo edition was first released in 1666. The present work takes the amateur gardener through the months of the year, pointing out garden tasks, planting times, and the fruits and flowers in season. Well-known as a diarist, a book collector, and a founder of the Royal Society, John Evelyn (1620-1706) published a number of important books (either original works or translations from the French) on architecture, navigation, gardening, and arboriculture. DNB notes that perhaps his most lasting contribution was through his beloved hobby: "His enthusiasm for horticulture in particular, both in his own garden at Sayes Court and in his correspondence and publications, translated continental ideas into England and laid the groundwork for the English landscape garden of the eighteenth century." Early separate editions (before the 1691 printing) of the "Almanac" are uncommon in the marketplace: RBH lists just one copy of the 1666 printing, offered in 1926, and four copies of the 1669 edition over the past 60 years. We could find no record of the 1671 issue at auction..
Contemporary sprinkled sheep, covers ruled in blind, flat spine with small paper label and painted red markings. With engraved frontispiece. Front flyleaf and title page with early ink markings ("X 16." and "D X 14"); rear inside cover with pencilled signature of Wm. Lyall. Keynes 61; Wing E-3494; ESTC R215726. ◆Old repaired crack to tail of rear joint, short tears to head of joints, leather a little stained and rubbed, but the original fragile binding solid and pleasing; first couple of leaves frayed and browned at edges, a couple of short marginal tears, other trivial defects, but a surprisingly attractive copy internally, quite clean, fresh, and bright throughout.
This is an especially appealing copy of John Evelyn's most popular work, a guide to monthly gardening tasks that is scarce because, as Keynes observes, "The book was made for use, and it was, indeed, used up." Compiled around 1650, the "Almanac" was first printed in 1664 as an addendum to the folio edition of "Pomona"; a separate octavo edition was first released in 1666. The present work takes the amateur gardener through the months of the year, pointing out garden tasks, planting times, and the fruits and flowers in season. Well-known as a diarist, a book collector, and a founder of the Royal Society, John Evelyn (1620-1706) published a number of important books (either original works or translations from the French) on architecture, navigation, gardening, and arboriculture. DNB notes that perhaps his most lasting contribution was through his beloved hobby: "His enthusiasm for horticulture in particular, both in his own garden at Sayes Court and in his correspondence and publications, translated continental ideas into England and laid the groundwork for the English landscape garden of the eighteenth century." Early separate editions (before the 1691 printing) of the "Almanac" are uncommon in the marketplace: RBH lists just one copy of the 1666 printing, offered in 1926, and four copies of the 1669 edition over the past 60 years. We could find no record of the 1671 issue at auction..
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- Bookseller
- Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- ST19567-042
- Title
- KALENDARIUM HORTENSE: OR THE GARD'NERS ALMANAC
- Author
- EVELYN, JOHN
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Fourth Edition
- Publisher
- John Martyn
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1671
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Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
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McMinnville, Oregon
About Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books and Medieval Manuscripts
Phillip J. Pirages Fine Books an Manuscripts was established in 1978 on a ping pong table in a basement in Kalamazoo, Michigan. From the beginning, its founder was willing to sell a range of material, but over the years, the business has gravitated toward historical artifacts that are physically attractive in some way--illuminated material, fine bindings, books printed on vellum, fore-edge paintings, beautiful typography and paper, impressive illustration. Today, the company still sells a wide range of things, from (scruffy) ninth century leaves to biblical material from all periods to Wing and STC imprints to modern private press books to artists' bindings. While we are forgiving about condition when something is of considerable rarity, we always try to obtain the most attractive copies possible of whatever we offer for sale.
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