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A Designe for Plentie by an universal planting of fruit-trees. London: Richard Wodenothe, [no date, ?1652]. Small 4° (176 x 126mm). 2 woodcut headpieces, 2 ornamental initials. (Lightly browned throughout, shoulder notes shaved). Modern half calf (new endpapers). Goldsmiths' 1289; Wing H984.
LAWSON, William (fl. 1618). A New Orchard and Garden: or the best way of planting, grafting, and to make any ground good, for a rich orchard: particularly in the north, and generally for the whole Common-Wealth. London: by William Wilson, for George Sawbridge, 1660. Small 4° (182 x 142mm). Woodcut on title, repeated on D4r, illustrations, of which 6 full-page, headpieces, initials, Country Housewifes Garden with separate title. (Some light soiling, light spotting and even browning). Late 19th-century calf-backed boards (head of spine chipped, lightly rubbed). 8th edition of this popular work, first published in 1618. Wing L733; cf. Henrey 226 (1618 edition); cf. Hunt 209 (1626 edition) quotes Eleanour Rohde, who calls this work "the first book on the subject of North-Country gardens, and the Country House-Wifes Garden the first book written for women gardeners". (2)
LAWSON, William (fl. 1618). A New Orchard and Garden: or the best way of planting, grafting, and to make any ground good, for a rich orchard: particularly in the north, and generally for the whole Common-Wealth. London: by William Wilson, for George Sawbridge, 1660. Small 4° (182 x 142mm). Woodcut on title, repeated on D4r, illustrations, of which 6 full-page, headpieces, initials, Country Housewifes Garden with separate title. (Some light soiling, light spotting and even browning). Late 19th-century calf-backed boards (head of spine chipped, lightly rubbed). 8th edition of this popular work, first published in 1618. Wing L733; cf. Henrey 226 (1618 edition); cf. Hunt 209 (1626 edition) quotes Eleanour Rohde, who calls this work "the first book on the subject of North-Country gardens, and the Country House-Wifes Garden the first book written for women gardeners". (2)
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