LANGLEY, BATTY. New Principles of Gardening, London 1728. Another copy, 245 x 190mm. (9 5/8 x 7 1/2in.), contemporary calf, edges speckled red, worn, front hinge cracked, one endleaf detached, a second titlepage (printed as A1, with variant imprint) and Langley's Introduction (A4,b4) misbound at beginning of Part VII, small ink stain to upper edges of first 20 leaves, several plates shaved to platemark with loss of numerals or engravers' names, a number of plates with repaired tears and other defects. | Christie's

Lot 38

LANGLEY, BATTY. New Principles of Gardening, London 1728. Another copy, 245 x 190mm. (9 5/8 x 7 1/2in.), contemporary calf, edges speckled red, worn, front hinge cracked, one endleaf detached, a second titlepage (printed as A1, with variant imprint) and Langley's Introduction (A4,b4) misbound at beginning of Part VII, small ink stain to upper edges of first 20 leaves, several plates shaved to platemark with loss of numerals or engravers' names, a number of plates with repaired tears and other defects.

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LANGLEY, BATTY. New Principles of Gardening, London 1728. Another copy, 245 x 190mm. (9 5/8 x 7 1/2in.), contemporary calf, edges speckled red, worn, front hinge cracked, one endleaf detached, a second titlepage (printed as A1, with variant imprint) and Langley's Introduction (A4,b4) misbound at beginning of Part VII, small ink stain to upper edges of first 20 leaves, several plates shaved to platemark with loss of numerals or engravers' names, a number of plates with repaired tears and other defects.