A PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOURSE OF EARTH, relating to the culture and improvement of it for vegetation, and the propagation of plants, &c. as it was presented to the Royal Society, April 29, 1675. by EVELYN, John.: - 1676
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A PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOURSE OF EARTH, relating to the culture and improvement of it for vegetation, and the propagation of plants, &c. as it was presented to the Royal Society, April 29, 1675.
by EVELYN, John.:
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London, printed for John Martyn, printer to the Royal Society, 1676.. FIRST EDITION 1676. The Evelyn family copy with the bookplate of William John Evelyn on the front pastedown and Christie's JE bookplate on first free endpaper. Small 8vo, approximately 155 x 90 mm, 6 x 3¾ inches, pages: [6], 7-182, initial imprimatur leaf and final blank M4 present, bound in full speckled calf rebacked at sometime in lighter speckled calf, no title to spine. Corners of binding slightly worn with board just visible, slight shelf wear to edges, pale age-browning to endpapers front and rear and imprimatur leaf, small chip to 1 margin, tiny repair to top edge of first free endpaper, small single rust spot to margins of pages 142-150, pages 171-172 with 2 small rust spots to text, pages 155-156 with a single small brown spot to text, a tiny dark spot to lower margin of pages 155-160, otherwise text clean. A very good copy. See: Geoffrey Keynes, John Evelyn, A Study in Bibliophily with a Bibliography of his Writings, page 211, No.93, page 108 is numbered 118 in our copy the same as in Keynes; Christie, Manson & Wood Ltd, Catalogue of the The Evelyn Library, Part iv, page 96, No.1702, probably our copy which hasbeen rebacked again; Rachel Hunt, Catalogue of Botanical Books, Volume 1, page 369, No. 346. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.
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- Date Published 1676
- Keywords gardening soil earth culture propagation plants vegetation evelyn
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THE SOULDIERS EXERCISE: IN THREE BOOKES. The SOULDIERS ACCIDENCE and The SOULDIERS GRAMMAR Parts 1 & 2.
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THE MANNER OF RAISING, ORDERING AND IMPROVING FOREST AND FRUIT TREES. A LSO : A DISCOVERY OF SUBTERRANEAN TREASURE BY GABRIEL PLATTES.
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A TREATISE OF FRUIT TREES, shewing the manner of planting, grafting, pruning, and ordering of them in all respects, according to rules of experience. Gathered in the space of thirty seven years.
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GELYANA DE-YUHANAN KADISHAJ, id est, APOCALIPSIS SANCTI IOHANNIS, ex manuscripto exemplari e bibliotheca clariss. viri Iosephi Scaligeri deprompto, edita charactere Syro, & Ebræo, cum versione Latina, & notis, opera & studio Ludovici de Dieu.
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THE SOULDIERS EXERCISE: IN THREE BOOKES. The SOULDIERS ACCIDENCE and The SOULDIERS GRAMMAR Parts 1 & 2.
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THE MANNER OF RAISING, ORDERING AND IMPROVING FOREST AND FRUIT TREES. A LSO : A DISCOVERY OF SUBTERRANEAN TREASURE BY GABRIEL PLATTES.
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A TREATISE OF FRUIT TREES, shewing the manner of planting, grafting, pruning, and ordering of them in all respects, according to rules of experience. Gathered in the space of thirty seven years.
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A PHILOSOPHICAL DISCOURSE OF EARTH, relating to the culture and improvement of it for vegetation, and the propagation of plants, &c. as it was presented to the Royal Society, April 29, 1675.
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