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LE GENDRE, Antoine (1590-1665). The manner of ordering fruit-trees. Translated from the French by John Evelyn. London: Humphrey Mosely, 1660.
12° (141 x l75mm.). Engraved frontispiece. (Some old staining.) Contemporary sheep, tooled in blind, the covers with the initials H.W. (rebacked). Provenance: H.W. (binding).
First English translation of this treatise on pruning and grafting, first published in Paris in 1652. The author was supervisor of the gardens of Louis XIII. Wing L-943A; Henrey I.229.
12° (141 x l75mm.). Engraved frontispiece. (Some old staining.) Contemporary sheep, tooled in blind, the covers with the initials H.W. (rebacked). Provenance: H.W. (binding).
First English translation of this treatise on pruning and grafting, first published in Paris in 1652. The author was supervisor of the gardens of Louis XIII. Wing L-943A; Henrey I.229.