The fruit-garden kalendar, or, A summary of the art of managing the fruit-garden : teaching in order of time what is to be done therein every month in the year : containing several new and plain directions more particularly relating to the vine : 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 / by John Laurence ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Laurence, John, 1668-1732.

Contributor:

Lintot, Bernard, bookseller.

Perkins Books and Archives Fund.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Gardening--England--Early works to 1800.

Gardening.

Gardening--Early works to 1800.

Fruit-culture--England--Early works to 1800.

Fruit-culture.

Fruit-culture--Early works to 1800.

England.

Genre:

Advertisements -- England -- London -- 18th century.

Penn Provenance:

Elias, Archibald C. (bookplate) (donor)

Physical Description:

4 unnumbered pages, vj, v pages, 1 unnumbered page, 149 pages, 3 unnumbered pages, 1 unnumbered folded leaf of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm (8vo)

Other Title:

Fruit-garden kalendar

Summary of the art of managing the fruit-garden

Half-title: Mr. Laurence's Fruit-garden kalendar

Fingerprint:

tos; n-to reys "p"c (3) 1718 (A)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for Bernard Lintot ..., 1718.

Notes:

Signatures: A-K⁸ L⁴.

Title within border of double rules.

Engraved illustrations.

Woodcuts: factotums and head-piece.

Typographical ornaments.

"When Laurence's Clergy-man's recreation Ed. 5 (1717), Gentleman's recreation Ed. 2 (1717) and Fruit-garden kalendar (1718) are bound up together, the dedication to Henry, Duke of Kent, from The fruit-garden kalendar is sometimes transferred to The clergy-man's recreation."--Henrey.

Advertisements on verso of half-title leaf and leaves A8v, K2v and L3v-L4v.

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Purchased for the Fisher Fine Arts Library in 2007 with the Perkins Books and Archives Fund.

Penn Libraries Fine Arts Rare copy bound with: Laurence, John. The clergy-man's recreation. London : Printed for Bernard Lintott ..., 1717.

Penn Libraries Fine Arts Rare copy has dedication to Henry, Duke of Kent, before The fruit-garden kalendar.

Penn Libraries Fine Arts Rare copy has ms. shelf mark in ink on front pastedown and bookseller's ms. notes in pencil on front and back free endpapers and back pastedown.

Penn Libraries RBC copy bound with: Laurence, John. The clergy-man's recreation. London : Printed for Bernard Lintott ..., 1717.

Penn Libraries RBC copy has armorial bookplate of an unidentified viscount (possibly related to the Blundell family) on front pastedown; bookplate of Archibald Elias on back pastedown.

Penn Libraries RBC copy has dedication to Henry, Duke of Kent, before The fruit-garden kalendar.

Cited in:

ESTC T40275

Henrey, B. Brit. botanical lit., 939

Hunt Catalogue 440

OCLC:

15988694