LA QUINTINYE, Jean de (1626-1688). The Compleat Gard'ner, translated by John Evelyn. London: for Matthew Gillyflower and James Partridge, 1693. 2 vols. in one, 2° (273 x 230mm), title printed in red and black, engraved portrait and 11 plates, one double-page, engraved head-pieces. A1 and A4 of last part on smaller paper. (Double-page plate stained in gutter, corner cut from M4, Q1 and Q6 browned, occasional soiling.) Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt (joints and corners worn, light scuffing to covers). Provenance: Anthony Earl of Kent, 1702 (bookplate) -- Thomas Philip, Earl de Grey, (bookplate).
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LA QUINTINYE, Jean de (1626-1688). The Compleat Gard'ner, translated by John Evelyn. London: for Matthew Gillyflower and James Partridge, 1693. 2 vols. in one, 2° (273 x 230mm), title printed in red and black, engraved portrait and 11 plates, one double-page, engraved head-pieces. A1 and A4 of last part on smaller paper. (Double-page plate stained in gutter, corner cut from M4, Q1 and Q6 browned, occasional soiling.) Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt (joints and corners worn, light scuffing to covers). Provenance: Anthony Earl of Kent, 1702 (bookplate) -- Thomas Philip, Earl de Grey, (bookplate).

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LA QUINTINYE, Jean de (1626-1688). The Compleat Gard'ner, translated by John Evelyn. London: for Matthew Gillyflower and James Partridge, 1693. 2 vols. in one, 2° (273 x 230mm), title printed in red and black, engraved portrait and 11 plates, one double-page, engraved head-pieces. A1 and A4 of last part on smaller paper. (Double-page plate stained in gutter, corner cut from M4, Q1 and Q6 browned, occasional soiling.) Contemporary speckled calf, spine gilt (joints and corners worn, light scuffing to covers). Provenance: Anthony Earl of Kent, 1702 (bookplate) -- Thomas Philip, Earl de Grey, (bookplate).

LARGE PAPER COPY OF THE FIRST EDITION IN ENGLISH with the first appearance in print of Quintinye's 'Treatise of Orange-trees' and notes on melons. Henrey I, 218; Keynes 103.
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