THE CLERGY-MAN'S RECREATION: Shewing the Pleasure and Profit of the Art of Gardening + THE GENTLEMAN'S RECREATION: or the Second Part of the Art of Gardening Improved + THE FRUIT-GARDEN KALENDAR: or A Summaryof the Art of Managing the Fruit-Garden (3 Volu
Published by Printed for Bernard Lintot in London 1726, 1723, 1718
SKU: 57252
£550.00
Sixth Edition, Third Edition and FIRST EDITION Association Copy owned and inscribed by "Bertram Roper Stole Pemberton, one of the descendants of the Author in the fifth generation, May 1876" 3 Volumes bound as 1. 8vo. full tan calf, rebacked using original boards and spine label. Original endpapers. Volume I: 83pp. plus Advertisement at end, with engraved portrait frontispiece and 1 woodcut illustration in text. Volume II: 115pp. plus Advertisement, with engraved frontispiece and four folding plates. Volume III: 149pp. plus 3pp. Publisher's List, with folding engraved frontispiece. Old engraved armorial bookplate to front pastedown and ink inscription (as above) to ffep. Occasional light foxing, heavier to prelims. Original boards a little scarred and some loss to original title label (please see photos). Overall a VERY GOOD COPY.