[HUSBANDRY and GARDENING]. WORLIDGE, JOHN. Systema Horti-culture: or the Art of Gardening... London, 1683. 8vo, 175 x 110 mm., contemporary calf, rebacked, upper cover detached. Second Edition, engraved additonal title and 3 engraved plates. Henrey 370; Wing W-3605. Beaufoy, bookplate -- SWITZER, STEPHEN. Ichnographia Rustica... Second Edition... London, 1742. 3 vols., 8vo, 195 x 118 mm., contemporary calf, rebacked. Engraved title, 36 engraved plates (many folding) and engraved illustrations in text. Hunt 519. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- RAPIN, RENÉ. Rapin of Gardens. A Latin Poem. London, 1706. 8vo, 191 x 120 mm., contemporary calf, rebacked. FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece and 4 engraved folding plates. Hunt 414. John Baxton, 1708 ownership inscription on front free endpaper; Court Library Shadwell; Howard Willis Preston; KKM/HSNY, bookplates -- AGRICOLA, GEORGE ANDREAS. A Philosophical Treatise of Husbandry and Gardening... London, 1721. 4to, 277 x 218 mm., modern vellum. First English Edition, 34 engraved illustrations on 22 plates, mostly folding. Henrey 411; Hunt 452 -- COLUMELLA, LUCIUS JUNIUS MODERATUS. Of Husbandry... and his Book concerning Trees. London, 1745. 4to, 254 x 192 mm., contemporary calf, some marginal wear to corners and light worming to lower cover. Ownership inscription ("Thomas Irwin, 1864") on title; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- HOME, HENRY, Lord Kames. The Gentleman Farmer... Edinburgh, 1776. 8vo, 237 x 125 mm., contemporary calf, light staining. FIRST EDITION, 3 engraved plates. See Hunt 751 (for fourth edition). Ownership inscription ("Ross") on endpaper -- VALLEMONT, PIERRE LE LORRAIN DE. Curiosities of Nature and Art in Husbandry and Gardening... London, 1707. 8vo, 185 x 110 mm., contemporary calf, defective. Henrey 588; Hunt 416. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- MILLER, PHILIP. The Gardners Dictionary... London, 1735. 2 vols., 8vo, 195 x 122 mm., contemporary calf, spines repaired. Engraved frontispiece. Henery 1117 ("The two volumes are an abridgement of the first volume of the folio edition..."). John Plumptre, bookplate; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- MILLER. The Gardeners Dictionary... Third Edition... London, 1737. Folio, 245 x 225 mm., contemporary calf, some wear to joints and edges. Engraved frontispiece and 4 engraved plates. Henrey 1105; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 6039b. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- MILLER. The Abridgement of the Gardeners Dictionary... Fifth Edition... London, 1763. 4to, 263 x 208 mm., contemporary calf, rebacked. Engraved frontispiece and engraved folding plates. Henrey 1122; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 6057. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- LAURENCE, JOHN. The Clergy-Man's Recreation... Of the Art of Gardening... The Sixth Edition. London, 1726. 8vo, 195 x 120 mm., contemporary calf, worn. Engraved plates, some folding. Henrey 938. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- LAURENCE. A New System of Agriculture. Being a Complete Body of Husbandry and Gardening... Dublin, 1727. Folio, 307 x 195 mm., contemporary calf gilt, some wear to spine. John Grier, 1785, ownership inscription on title. (15)

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[HUSBANDRY and GARDENING]. WORLIDGE, JOHN. Systema Horti-culture: or the Art of Gardening... London, 1683. 8vo, 175 x 110 mm., contemporary calf, rebacked, upper cover detached. Second Edition, engraved additonal title and 3 engraved plates. Henrey 370; Wing W-3605. Beaufoy, bookplate -- SWITZER, STEPHEN. Ichnographia Rustica... Second Edition... London, 1742. 3 vols., 8vo, 195 x 118 mm., contemporary calf, rebacked. Engraved title, 36 engraved plates (many folding) and engraved illustrations in text. Hunt 519. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- RAPIN, RENÉ. Rapin of Gardens. A Latin Poem. London, 1706. 8vo, 191 x 120 mm., contemporary calf, rebacked. FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece and 4 engraved folding plates. Hunt 414. John Baxton, 1708 ownership inscription on front free endpaper; Court Library Shadwell; Howard Willis Preston; KKM/HSNY, bookplates -- AGRICOLA, GEORGE ANDREAS. A Philosophical Treatise of Husbandry and Gardening... London, 1721. 4to, 277 x 218 mm., modern vellum. First English Edition, 34 engraved illustrations on 22 plates, mostly folding. Henrey 411; Hunt 452 -- COLUMELLA, LUCIUS JUNIUS MODERATUS. Of Husbandry... and his Book concerning Trees. London, 1745. 4to, 254 x 192 mm., contemporary calf, some marginal wear to corners and light worming to lower cover. Ownership inscription ("Thomas Irwin, 1864") on title; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- HOME, HENRY, Lord Kames. The Gentleman Farmer... Edinburgh, 1776. 8vo, 237 x 125 mm., contemporary calf, light staining. FIRST EDITION, 3 engraved plates. See Hunt 751 (for fourth edition). Ownership inscription ("Ross") on endpaper -- VALLEMONT, PIERRE LE LORRAIN DE. Curiosities of Nature and Art in Husbandry and Gardening... London, 1707. 8vo, 185 x 110 mm., contemporary calf, defective. Henrey 588; Hunt 416. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- MILLER, PHILIP. The Gardners Dictionary... London, 1735. 2 vols., 8vo, 195 x 122 mm., contemporary calf, spines repaired. Engraved frontispiece. Henery 1117 ("The two volumes are an abridgement of the first volume of the folio edition..."). John Plumptre, bookplate; KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- MILLER. The Gardeners Dictionary... Third Edition... London, 1737. Folio, 245 x 225 mm., contemporary calf, some wear to joints and edges. Engraved frontispiece and 4 engraved plates. Henrey 1105; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 6039b. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- MILLER. The Abridgement of the Gardeners Dictionary... Fifth Edition... London, 1763. 4to, 263 x 208 mm., contemporary calf, rebacked. Engraved frontispiece and engraved folding plates. Henrey 1122; Stafleu & Cowan TL2 6057. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- LAURENCE, JOHN. The Clergy-Man's Recreation... Of the Art of Gardening... The Sixth Edition. London, 1726. 8vo, 195 x 120 mm., contemporary calf, worn. Engraved plates, some folding. Henrey 938. KKM/HSNY, bookplate -- LAURENCE. A New System of Agriculture. Being a Complete Body of Husbandry and Gardening... Dublin, 1727. Folio, 307 x 195 mm., contemporary calf gilt, some wear to spine. John Grier, 1785, ownership inscription on title. (15)

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