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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. 5th or later Edition. Approx 8 X 5" in leather. 3 short volumes bound as one. Leather w/ 5 raised bands. slightly dusty, corners bumped. Lower rt. corner tip abraided away. Some pencil writing last 2 pp. Usual wear and tear, but binding still good. Of historical interest to those interested in gardening. Several plates, some fold-out. 347pp total + Plates + unpaginated prefaces + advertising for the publisher. D.D.

8vo [20 x 12.5 cm]; 3 volumes bound in one, [iv], vi, 131, [iii, publisher's ads]; [xviii], 115, [i, ad]; [x], 84 pp, 7 plates including 5 folding, portrait, 3 frontis, other illus, table, engraved headpieces, half-title page in first title. contemporary full calf with raised bands & blind decorations in compartments and covers, gilt title lettering on red morocco label, later spine in early style, edge wear, lightly foxed on some leaves, very good, clean and sound copy. Massachusetts Horticultural Society Catalogue 179. Henrey 938, 944, 939. The first editions were in 1716 and 1718 but with fewer plates. Lawrence was a major gardener and gardening writer of the period and produced these three works over several years, with much on fruit growing. Several of the engraved plates are reproduced in Henrey and in other works. Three gardening classics by the esteemed Lawrence. The folding plate on locating the meridian, not present in all copies according to Henry, is present in this copy. A picture of this book is available on request.

Hardcover. Condition: Good+. Fifth Edition. #1: THE CLERGY-MAN'S RECREATION (1717) 84pp. 5th edition. #2: THE GENTLEMANS RECREATION (1717) w/pictorial frontis & Preface, 117pp. 2nd edition w/pictorial frontis + Preface, Contents & Appendix. #3: FRUIT-GARDEN KALENDAR (1736) 144pp 2nd Edition + Preface, Dedication, Introduction, 4 fold out copper plates & Appendix. Decorative head and tail pieces. Full leather. Covers decorated with a double gilt ruled border. Raised bands on spine. Cracked hinges with covers firmly attached. Prior owners signature on front endpaper. Gardens, Trees, Plants, Botany ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 345 pages.

8vo [20 x 12.5 cm]; 3 volumes bound in one, [xvi], 83, [i, ad]; [xviii], 115, [i, ad]; [ii], v, xxxii, 33-144, [xxviii, ads] pp, 7 plates including 5 folding, portrait, 3 frontis, other illus, table, engraved headpieces. contemporary full calf with newer spine with raised bands & gilt decorations in compartments, gilt title lettering on morocco label, gilt emblem on cover, corners worn, lightly rubbed, very good clean and sound copy. Massachusetts Horticultural Society Catalogue 179. Henrey 938, 944, 939. The first editions were in 1716 and 1718 but with few plates. Lawrence was a major gardener and gardening writer of the period and produced these three works over several years, with much on fruit growing. Several of the engraved plates are reproduced in Henrey and in other works. Three gardening classics by the esteemed Lawrence. The folding plate on locating the meridian, not present in all copies according to Henry, is present in this copy. A picture of this book is available on request.

1. Shewing the Pleasure and Profit Of the Art of Gardening = 8 nicht nummerierte Seiten mit Vorwort + 84 Seiten, Frontispiz (siehe Abbildung 1) und einige Vignetten // 2. The Second Part of the Art of Gardening Improved = 16 nicht nummerierte Seiten mit Vorwort und Inhaltsverzeichnis + 115 Seiten und 2 (von 4 ?) mehrfach gefalteten Kupfertafeln (siehe Abbildung 2), 2 Tafeln hier offensichtlich herausgetrennt, Tafel IV mit kleinem Ausriss am oberen rechten Rand (nicht in den Text/Bild gehend - siehe Abbildung 2), einige Vignetten // 3. KALENDAR or A SUMMARY Of The ART of Managing the FRUIT-GARDEN = V + 149 Seiten + 11 Seiten Verlagsanhang, blindgeprägter Original-Kalbsledereinband auf 5 Bünden ca. 12 × 19,5 cm, marmorierter Schnitt, Einband am oberen Kapital beschädigt und mit stärkeren Gebrauchsspuren (siehe Abbildung 5), handschriftlicher Besitzervermerk datiert 1723 auf Vorsatzseite, einige Seiten geringfügig fleckig, insgesamt schönes und fest eingebundenes Exemplar Sprache: eng.

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. The Clergy-Man's Recreation: Shewing the Pleasure and Profit of the Art of Gardening. London: Bernard Lintott, 1717. The fifth edition (pp. 84). TOGETHER WITH: John Laurence. The Gentleman's Recreation: or the Second Part of Gardening Improved. Containing several New Experiments and Curious Observations relating to Fruit-Trees: Particularly, a New Method of building Walls with Horizontal Shelters. London: Bernard Lintott, 1717. Second edition (pp. 115). TOGETHER WITH: Charles Evelyn. The Lady's Recreation: or, The Third and Last Part of the Art of Gardening Improv'd. Containing, I. The Flower- Garden, II. The most commodious Methods of erecting Conservatories, Green- Houses, and Orangeries, III. The Nature of Plantations in Avenues, Walks, Wildernesses, &c., IV. Mr. John Evelyn's Kalendarium Hortensewith Many Useful Additions. London: J. Roberts, 1717. First (?) edition (pp. 200). TOGETHER WITH: John Laurence. The Fruit- Garden Kalendar: or, a Summary of the Art of Managing the Fruit- Garden. To which is Added, An Appendix of the Usefulness of the Barometer; with some short Directions how to make a right Judgment of the Weather. London: Bernard Lintot [sic}, 1718. First (?) edition (pp. 149). Octavo (20 cm) in full leather, Cambridge binding, gilt title to spine, five raised bands; with the bookplate of James Erskine of Alva; with four (of five) copperplate engravings, head and tail pieces, in-text line drawings; various prefaces, dedications, including advertisement for the survey services of John's brother Edward Laurence whose Duty and Office of a Land Steward is our book No. 780. Repairs to external hinges and head of spine, plates. (See Fussell, Old English Farming Books, p. 100 et seq.). Scarce, especially with all four titles in one volume.