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LAWRENCE, Anthony (17th Century). Nurseries, Orchards, Profitable Gardens, and Vineyards Encouraged…in Several Letters out of the Country, Directed to Henry Oldenburg…The first Letter from Anthony Lawrence; All the reset from John Beale, etc. London: for Henry Brome, 1677.
First edition, includes references to orchards and vineyards in America. Extremely rare: According to ABPC no copies have appeared at auction in at least past last thirty years, and only one copy is found on online auction records since 1915.
4to (186 x 140 mm). (Paper flaw on C3 affecting some letters.) Modern pigskin. ESTC R11301; Henrey 225; Wing L-651. Not in Sabin.
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LAWSON, William (fl.1618). A New Orchard and Garden. Or the best way for planting, grafting, and to make any ground good, for a rich Orchard… With the Country Housewifes Garden for hearbes of common use… as also the Husbandry of Bees... London: Nicholas Okes for John Harison, 1631.
2 parts in one volume, 4to (183 x 135 mm). Woodcut on title-page, and numerous woodcuts in text. (Title imprint shaved slightly.) 19th-century calf, edges gilt. Provenance: Lord Battersea (armorial bookplate). STC 15331.3; see Henrey 226 (1618 first edition).
First edition, includes references to orchards and vineyards in America. Extremely rare: According to ABPC no copies have appeared at auction in at least past last thirty years, and only one copy is found on online auction records since 1915.
4to (186 x 140 mm). (Paper flaw on C3 affecting some letters.) Modern pigskin. ESTC R11301; Henrey 225; Wing L-651. Not in Sabin.
[With:]
LAWSON, William (fl.1618). A New Orchard and Garden. Or the best way for planting, grafting, and to make any ground good, for a rich Orchard… With the Country Housewifes Garden for hearbes of common use… as also the Husbandry of Bees... London: Nicholas Okes for John Harison, 1631.
2 parts in one volume, 4to (183 x 135 mm). Woodcut on title-page, and numerous woodcuts in text. (Title imprint shaved slightly.) 19th-century calf, edges gilt. Provenance: Lord Battersea (armorial bookplate). STC 15331.3; see Henrey 226 (1618 first edition).