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New York: Garland Publishing. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1982. Reprint. Hardcover. 0824001532 . Library stamps/marks/labels/pocket/slip, otherwise light wear. Solid hardcover.; Facsimile reprint of 1677 edition, London: Tho. Burrel. "Systema Horti-Culturae is a major text for the relation of English gardening to horticulture and the economy of country estates. Worlidge is much concerned with the English climate, soil, and conditions in his discussions of estate management. But he also pays serious attention to garden design - advising on grottoes, statues, walks, arbours, and so forth - and urges both the large landowner and "the honest and plain Countryman" to improve "his Ville."" - Preface by John Dixon Hunt. ; The English Landscape Garden; Ex-Library; Vol. 5; 283 pages .

London for Tho. Burrell, and Will. Hensmen., 1677. 1st. Ed.. pp.[24], 285, [19] with additional engraved title-page and 3 engraved plates by F.H. van Houe. 8vo. Hardback. Overall contents thor. vg. Some toning and marking internally. Ffep. with ownership inscription �John Cadmene, Book, 1731� and manuscript calculations, part of blank margin neatly excised. Engraved title with contemporary ownership inscription �Rose Gregorye� scored out. Contemporary leather boards in vg. plus condition, more recently rebacked, this in fine condition. Scarce. ESTC records just 12 copies worldwide. Intended as a companion to the author's �Systema agriculturae� (1669). The work �contains much useful advice and information for the practical gardener. The author, referred to by John Houghton as �the ingenious Mr. John Worlidge of Petersfield in Hampshire�, is generally considered one of the most enlightened of the seventeenth-century writers on gardening and husbandry�.

London, printed for Tho. Burrel, at the Golden Ball under St. Dunstan's Church in Fleetstreet, and Will. Hensman, at the King's Head in Westminster Hall, 1677.. TITLE CONTINUED: The I.Treateth of the Excellency, Scituation, Soil, Form, Walks, Arbours, Springs, Fountains, Waterworks, Grottos, Statues, and other magnificent ornaments of gardens, with many necessary rules, precepts, and directions, concerning the same. The II. Treateth of all sorts of trees planted for ornament or shade, winter greens, flower trees, and flowers, that are usually propagated or preserved in the gardens of the best florists, and the best ways and methods of raising, planting, and improving them. The III. Treateth of the kitchin garden, and of the great variety of plants propagated for food or for any culinary uses: ... To the great improvement of every sort of land, as well for use and profit for ornament and delight. ILLUSTRATED with SCULPTURES, representing the form of GARDENS, according to the newest MODELS. By J.W.… Read More