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TITLE CONTINUED: Translated from the second edition printed at Paris of Le Jardinier solitaire. The Four last Parts treat of the manner of Planting and Cultivating most Kinds of Flowers, Plants, Shrubs, and Under-Shrubs, necessary for the Adorning of Gardens; Explaining the Art of Making and Disposing of Parterres, Arbours of Greens, Woodworks, Arches, Columns, and other Compartments proper for the most Beautiful Gardens and Plantations. Translated from the French of the Sieur Louis Liger. Heretofore Published, in Two Volumes, with several Alterations and Additions proper for our English Culture, by George London and Henry Wise. The SECOND EDITION REVISED: Now Published in ONE VOLUME, by JOSEPH CARPENTER 1717. 8vo, approximately 195 x 125 mm, 7¾ x 4¾ inches, engraved frontispiece plus 20 engraved plates including 1 folding plate not numbered, the plates are the same as in the first edition except for the omission of plate XVII not included in this second editon, 3 small text illustrations, head- and tailpieces, small decorated initials, pages: [16],1-432, [8], rebound in half modern green calf, over grey board with dividing gilt rules, gilt lettering and decoration to spine and upper cover, gilt top edge, grey endpapers, bookmark still present. Binding slightly rubbed, slight shelf wear, grey boards dull with pale stains, pale brown stain affecting inner top margins, from frontispiece to page 106 (see attached images), pale stain to top corners of pages 321-336, 5 plates slightly trimmed at outer margins, no loss to images, 1 plate has loss of volume and page number, occasional pale age-browning and pale stain to margins otherwise a very good tight copy. George London is mentioned in John Evelyn's Diary as the gardener to Christopher Wren, and Henry Wise as the owner and great gardener of Brompton Park, where Evelyn took Mr Waller and where he admired the store of rare plants and the method he found in that noble nursery, and how well it was cultivated. See: Blanche Henrey, British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800, Volume 3, page 78 under the name London, George, No 990; Rachel M. M. Hunt, Catalogue of Botanical Books, Volume 2, pages 18-23; H. Frederic Janson, Pomonas Harvest, page 205; ESTC T120320. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.