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Record Nr.

UNISA996391213503316

Autore

Barker Thomas <fl. 1651.>

Titolo

The country-mans recreation, or The art of planting, graffing, and gardening, in three books [[electronic resource] ] : The first declaring divers waies of planting, and graffing, and the best times of the year, with divers commodities and secrets herein, how to set or plant with the root, and without the root; to sow or set pepins or curnels, with the ordering thereof, also to cleanse your grafts and cions, to help barren and sick trees, to kill worms and vermin, and to preserve and keep fruit; how to plant and proin your vines, and to gather and presse your grape; to cleanse and mosse your trees, to make your cider and perry, with many other secret practises which shall appear in the table following. The second treateth of the hop-garden, with necessary instructions for the making and maintenance thereof, ... with some directions for tabaco. Whereunto is added, The expert gardener, containing divers necessary and rare secrets belonging to that art, ... hereunto is likewise added the Art of angling

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London, : printed by T. Mabb [and William Hunt], for William Shears, and are to be sold at the signe of the Bible in St. Pauls Church-yard, near the little north door, 1654

Descrizione fisica

[16], 135, [1]; 54, [2], 18 p : ill. (woodcuts)

Altri autori (Persone)

BarkerThomas <fl. 1651.>

Soggetti

Gardening - England

Planting (Plant culture) - England

Hops - England

Fishing

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

The words "planting, graffing, and gardening" are enclosed in brackets on title page.

"A perfect platform of a hop-garden" (also published separately as Wing S946) has separate title page dated 1653; register and pagination are continuous. "The expert gardener: .. printed by William Hunt", and "The art of angling. .. printed in the yeare 1653" each have separate dated title page, pagination, and register, and were also issued separately.

Item at reel 2133:13 is "A perfect platforme of a hop-garden" only.



Annotation on Thomason copy: "Aug: 5".

Reproduction of the originals in the British Library ("Thomason Tracts", reel 123), and the University of Illinois (Urbana-Champaign Campus). Library,  ("Early English books, 1641-1700", reel 2133).

Sommario/riassunto

eebo-0158