[BONNEFONS, Nicolas de]. Le Jardinier François, qui enseigne a Cultivar les Arbres & Herbes Potageres… seconde edition. Paris: Pierre Des-Hayes, 1651.
[BONNEFONS, Nicolas de]. Le Jardinier François, qui enseigne a Cultivar les Arbres & Herbes Potageres… seconde edition. Paris: Pierre Des-Hayes, 1651.

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[BONNEFONS, Nicolas de]. Le Jardinier François, qui enseigne a Cultivar les Arbres & Herbes Potageres… seconde edition. Paris: Pierre Des-Hayes, 1651.

Second edition, published the same year as the first edition by Des-Hayes. The book is divided into three sections, the first dealing with the earth, fruit trees, nurseries, grasses, shrubs, mosses, etc.; the second with melons, beets, radishes and other vegetables; and the third, with the preserving and conserving of various fruits. One plate depicts the interior of a busy kitchen. A translation by John Evelyn was first published in 1658. Extremely rare: no copies found in USTC; no copy appears in ABPC or online auction records.

12mo (131 x 73 mm). Engraved additional title, and 3 plates. Modern full dark green morocco gilt, edges gilt.

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