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LANGLEY, BATTY. New Principles of Gardening: Or, The Laying out and Planting Parterres, Groves, Wildernesses, Labyrinths, Avenues, Parks, &c. London: Bettesworth et al, 1728. 4to, 256 x 194mm. (10 1/8 x 7 5/8in.), contemporary speckled sheep, edges speckled red, rebacked preserving original spine and label, corners repaired, preliminary leaves, last gathering of plates and some fore-edges foxed, plates lightly browned, plates VII and VII spotted, several plates shaved to platemark with loss of numerals or engravers' names. FIRST EDITION, titlepage in red and black, 28 folding engraved plates (numbered I-XXII, I-VI, with one unnumbered) by Thomas Bowles and David Lockley after B. and T. Langley. Hunt 472 (preliminaries bound in different sequence); Henrey 927. Bookplate and ownership inscriptions (on pastedown, titlepage and at D1r, E1r and P1r) of Philip Puleston Esclusham, Denbighshire (dated l772 in one case).

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LANGLEY, BATTY. New Principles of Gardening: Or, The Laying out and Planting Parterres, Groves, Wildernesses, Labyrinths, Avenues, Parks, &c. London: Bettesworth et al, 1728. 4to, 256 x 194mm. (10 1/8 x 7 5/8in.), contemporary speckled sheep, edges speckled red, rebacked preserving original spine and label, corners repaired, preliminary leaves, last gathering of plates and some fore-edges foxed, plates lightly browned, plates VII and VII spotted, several plates shaved to platemark with loss of numerals or engravers' names. FIRST EDITION, titlepage in red and black, 28 folding engraved plates (numbered I-XXII, I-VI, with one unnumbered) by Thomas Bowles and David Lockley after B. and T. Langley. Hunt 472 (preliminaries bound in different sequence); Henrey 927. Bookplate and ownership inscriptions (on pastedown, titlepage and at D1r, E1r and P1r) of Philip Puleston Esclusham, Denbighshire (dated l772 in one case).