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Dutch edition of an extensive encyclopaedia for gardeners

MILLER, Philip & Jakob van EEMS (translator).
Groot en algemeen kruidkundig, hoveniers, en bloemisten woordenboek, behelzende de manier om moes-, bloem-, vrugt-, kruid-tuinen, wild-bossen, wijngaarden, Oranje-huizen, stook-kassen, enz. aanteleggen, enz. en allerlei gewassen te kweeken ... ; doormengd met de historien der planten, de kentekens van elk geslagt en de naamen van alle de bijzondere soorten in het Latijn en Duits; en eene verklaaring van alle de kunst-woorden in de kruidkunde en het tuinieren gebruikelijk, waarby ook komt een berigt van de natuur en het gebruik der barometers, thermometers, en hygrometers ..., als meede van den oorsprong, oorzaaken, en natuur der verhevelingen, en den bijzonderen invloed van aarde, lugt, vuur en water op de planten, volgens de beste natuurkundigen ... Volgens den laatsten druk, uit het Engels vertaald door Jakob van Eems.

Title to part 1 and 2 printed in red and black with woodcut vignette, title for part 1,2 (Leyden, P. vander Eyk & J. van der Kluis, 1743), facing p. 364, with woodcut vignette; 12 folding and 1 full-page engraved plates by J. v.d. Spyk outside text, some engravings and woodcuts in text.

Title to part 1 and 2 printed in red and black with woodcut vignette, title for part 1,2 (Leyden, P. vander Eyk & J. van der Kluis, 1743), facing p. 364, with woodcut vignette; 12 folding and 1 full-page engraved plates by J. v.d. Spyk outside text, some engravings and woodcuts in text.

Title to part 1 and 2 printed in red and black with woodcut vignette, title for part 1,2 (Leyden, P. vander Eyk & J. van der Kluis, 1743), facing p. 364, with woodcut vignette; 12 folding and 1 full-page engraved plates by J. v.d. Spyk outside text, some engravings and woodcuts in text.

Title to part 1 and 2 printed in red and black with woodcut vignette, title for part 1,2 (Leyden, P. vander Eyk & J. van der Kluis, 1743), facing p. 364, with woodcut vignette; 12 folding and 1 full-page engraved plates by J. v.d. Spyk outside text, some engravings and woodcuts in text.

Title to part 1 and 2 printed in red and black with woodcut vignette, title for part 1,2 (Leyden, P. vander Eyk & J. van der Kluis, 1743), facing p. 364, with woodcut vignette; 12 folding and 1 full-page engraved plates by J. v.d. Spyk outside text, some engravings and woodcuts in text.



Leyden, Van Damme for Pieter vander Eyk & the widow of Jakob vander Kluis, 1743-45. 3 parts in 1 vol. Folio. Contemporary calf, ribbed spine with black morocco title label lettered in gold, both sides tooled in blind with two triple fillets around a central panel with central ornament and four cornerpieces. Title to part 1 and 2 printed in red and black with woodcut vignette, title for part 1,2 (Leyden, P. vander Eyk & J. van der Kluis, 1743), facing p. 364, with woodcut vignette; 12 folding and 1 full-page engraved plates by J. v.d. Spyk outside text, some engravings and woodcuts in text. (18, incl. title), 1-44, *43-44, 45-593 (1 blank); (2=title), 595-1238 (2) pp.

Original Dutch edition of this extensive gardeners encyclopaedia by the English gardener and botanist Philip Miller (1691-1771), first published in London by the author in 1731, containing the methods of cultivating and improving kitchen-, herb-, fruit- and flower gardens, as well as green houses and vineyards. Also containing directions for cultivation all sorts of plants and trees, the history of plants, the characters and names of each species and genus, and an explanation of all the terms used in botany and gardening. The engraved plates show presses, greenhouses, garden-plans, etc. The preface is by the Leyden professor of Medicine and Botany Adrianus van Royen (1704-79), to whom the work is also dedicated.
Good copy.- (Some age-browning/spotting, marg. water staining towards end, not affecting the illustrations, binding rebacked).
Stafleu & Cowan 6047; Pritzel 6237; cf. Blanche Henrey 1101-23 (English. eds., incl. the abridgements), Hunt 563, Nissen, BBI, 1378; Cat. Plesch pp. 337-8.

Related Subjects: Agriculture & Husbandry  Botany  Gardens  Natural History 

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