Simon Harward (15 results)

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Soft cover. Condition: As New. Publisher: Da Capo Press, Date of Publication: 1971, Binding: soft cover, Condition: As New, Description: The English Experience No.385.

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TITLE CONTINUED: or, The best way for planting, grafting, and to make any ground good, for a rich Orchard: Particularly in the North, and generally for the whole kingdom of England, as in nature, reason, situation, and all probability, may and doth appear. With the Country-Houswifes Garden for herbs of common use: their vertues, seasons, profits, 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 several uses and annoyances, all being the experience of 48 yeares labour, and now the third time corrected and much enlarged, by William Lawson. Whereunto is newly added the Art of propagating Plants with the true ordering of all manner of fruits, in their gathering, carrying home, and preservation. "The Country House-wives Garden", has separate dated title page with imprint: London, printed by Anne Griffin for Iohn Harrison, at the Golden Unicorne in Pater-noster-row 1637. Followed by "A MOST PROFITABLE New Treatise, from approved experience of the Art of propagating Plants; by SIMON HARWARD": caption title, page.109; followed by: The HUSBAND MANS FRUITFULL ORCHARD,with caption title page. Pagination and register are continuous. 8vo, approximately 190 x 130 mm, 7½ x 5½ inches, woodcut to title page repeated later, 5 plates of knot gardens, full page plan of an orchard, 2 text illustrations of trees and one small illustration of a straw beehive, 4 tiny text illustrations, printer's woodcut device to title page of the Country House-Wives Garden, decorated initials and headpieces. Pages: [8], 1-133, [1] last page blank, page edges untrimmed, printed notes to margins, bound in modern quarter calf over marbled boards, gilt title to spine, new cream endpapers. Pale age-browning throughout, narrow repair to outer edge of page 132, outer edge of the orchard woodcut slightly trimmed with loss to several word endings, staining to edges of remaining old free endpaper at rear, occasional small spot and stain, some light old ink scribble, mostly to woodcuts (see images). A good copy of an early edition. The Country Housewives Garden is the first book written especially for women gardeners. See: Blanche Henrey, British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800, Volume 1, page 255, listing earlier editions; H. Frederic Janson, Pomona's Harvest, page 84: "Pomona's English herald was William Lawson, the author of A New Orchard and Garden. It is unique and important as the first English entry of note into pomological literature"; Rachel Hunt, Catalogue of Botanical Books, Volume 1, page 229, No. 209, listing an earlier edition; Sandra Raphael, An Oak Spring Pomona, pages 29-32; British Bee Books, 1500-1976, No. 20, pages 46-47; Lt-Col. Walker, Catalogue of Bee Books, page 44, listing a later edition; F. Poynter, A Bibliography of Gervase Markham, page 165, also issued as Part 3 of Gervase Markham, A Way to Get Wealth. ESTC S93434. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

TITLE CONTINUED: or, The best way for planting, grafting, and to make any ground good, for a rich orchard: particularly in the north, and generally for the whole kingdom of England, as in nature, reason, situation, and all probability, may and doth appear. With the country-houswifes garden for herbs of common use: their vertues, seasons, profits, ornaments, variety of knots, models for trees, and plots for the best ordering of grounds and walks. As also, the husbandry of bees, with their several uses and annoyances, all being the experience of fourty and eight yeers labour, and now the second time corrected and much enlarged, by William Lawson. Whereunto is newly added by Simon Harward A Most Profitable New Treatise, from approved experience of the Art of propagating Plants followed by The Husband Mans Fruitfull Orchard. 7th EDITION 1648. 8vo, approximately 190 x 140 mm, 7½ x 5½ inches, woodcut to title page repeated later, 5 plates of knot gardens, full page plan of an orchard, 2 text illustrations of trees and one small illustration of a straw beehive, 4 tiny text illustrations, printer's woodcut device to title page of the Country House-Wives and colophon, decorated initials and headpieces. Pages: [8], 1-134, [1] - last leaf is original endpaper, printed notes to margins, bound in full recent speckled calf, gilt lettered green label, gilt decoration, rules and date between raised bands, new black endpapers. Pale age-browning throughout, 3 lower margins ragged due to paper fault, not affecting text, tiny burn hole affecting 1 letter, 4 pages at rear have small pale stain to outer margins, original free endpaper slightly chipped and brown at edges, occasional small spot or mark. A very good copy. The Country Housewifes Garden is the first book written especially for women gardeners. See: Blanche Henrey, British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800, Volume 1, page 255, listing earlier editions; H. Frederic Janson, Pomona's Harvest, page 84: "Pomona's English herald was William Lawson, the author of A New Orchard and Garden. It is unique and important as the first English entry of note into pomological literature"; Rachel Hunt, Catalogue of Botanical Books, Volume 1, page 229, No. 209, listing an earlier edition; Sandra Raphael, An Oak Spring Pomona, pages 29-32; British Bee Books, 1500-1976, No. 20, pages 46-47; Lt-Col. Walker, Catalogue of Bee Books, page 44, listing a later edition; F. Poynter, A Bibliography of Gervase Markham, page 165, also issued as part 3 of Gervase Markham, A Way to Get Wealth. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

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LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1601 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 164 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 164.