A nevv orchard and garden. Or The best way for planting, grafting, and to make any ground good, for a rich orchard : particularly in the north parts of England: generally for the whole kingdome, as in nature, reason, scituation, and all probability, may and doth appeare. With the country housewifes garden for hearbes of common vse, their vertues, seasons, profites, ornaments, variety of knots, models for trees, and plots for the best ordering of grounds and walkes. As also, the husbandry of bees, with their seuerall vses and annoyances, all grounded on the principles of art, and precepts of experience, being the labours of forty eight yeares of William Lawson.
1618
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A nevv orchard and garden. Or The best way for planting, grafting, and to make any ground good, for a rich orchard : particularly in the north parts of England: generally for the whole kingdome, as in nature, reason, scituation, and all probability, may and doth appeare. With the country housewifes garden for hearbes of common vse, their vertues, seasons, profites, ornaments, variety of knots, models for trees, and plots for the best ordering of grounds and walkes. As also, the husbandry of bees, with their seuerall vses and annoyances, all grounded on the principles of art, and precepts of experience, being the labours of forty eight yeares of William Lawson.
Created/published
Printed at London : By Bar: Alsop for Roger Iackson, and are to be sold at his shop neere Fleet-street Conduit, 1618.
Description
[8], 59, [3], 25, [1] p. : ill. ; (4to)
Associated name
Lawson, William, active 1618, author.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Harmsworth, R. Leicester (Robert Leicester), Sir, 1870-1937, former owner.
Note
With woodcut title vignette.
Includes, with separate title page dated 1617, "The countrie housewifes garden. Containing rules for hearbes of common vse. Together with the husbandry of bees, published with secrets, very necessary for euery housewife. Together with diuers new knots for gardens.".
Signatures: A-M⁴.
Entered 7 jy 1617.
Includes, with separate title page dated 1617, "The countrie housewifes garden. Containing rules for hearbes of common vse. Together with the husbandry of bees, published with secrets, very necessary for euery housewife. Together with diuers new knots for gardens.".
Signatures: A-M⁴.
Entered 7 jy 1617.
ESTC staff note
Signatures from DFo.
Rpm 11/21/96
Rpm 11/21/96
Cited/described in
Pollard, A.W. Short-title catalogue of books printed in England, Scotland, & Ireland and of English books printed abroad, 1475-1640 (2nd ed.) (STC), 15329
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S106785
English short title catalogue (ESTC), S106785
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Underscoring.
Manicules.
Manicules.
Place of creation/publication
Great Britain -- England -- London.
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STC 15329
Folger-specific note
HH131/14. T.p. faint; missprint on sig. D1r. Manuscript markings: underscoring and manicules. Green goatskin binding, gold-tooled, and signed by Riviere & Son. Provenance: inscription of John Archer repeated; bought by Harmsworth from William H. Robinson who stated in a letter of 28 August 1925 (with the worksheet) that this book was purchased from the Duchess of Norfolk and had been part of her library at Everingham Park; Harmsworth copy