The compleat gard'ner, or, Directions for cultivating and right ordering of fruit-gardens and kitchen-gardens : with divers reflections on several parts of husbandry
Subtitle: in six books
By: By the famous Monsr. de La Quintinye ... ; to which is added, his treatise of orange-trees, with the raising of melons, omitted in the French editions ; made English by John Evelyn Esquire, illustrated with copper plates
Contributors: Evelyn, John, 1620-1706; Elder, William, active 1680-1700, engraver; Burg, M., engraver; La Mare-Richart, Florent de, approximately 1630-1718, engraver; Shrewsbury, Charles Talbot, Duke of, 1660-1718, former owner; Gilliflower, Matthew, bookseller; Partridge, James, active 1683-1694, bookseller
Publisher: Printed for Matthew Gillyflower ... and James Partridge ...
Published: 1693
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Translated from: fre
Number of pages: 204
Subjects: Gardening; Early works to 1800; Oranges; Fruit-culture
Other titles: Compleat gardener; Complete gardener; Directions for cultivating and right ordering of fruit gardens and kitchen gardens; Compleat gard'ner; Of fruit-gardens and kitchen-gardens
Work titles: Instructions pour les jardins fruitiers et potagers
Notes: Signatures: [x]² a-b⁴ + b** c*⁴ [a]-[b]⁴ (actually so signed) ([b]4 apparently cancelled) B-O⁴ P-Q⁶ R-Aa⁴ Bb² B-P⁴ Q² T-Aa⁴ Bb² B-Z⁴ Aa-Dd⁴ [a]² (actually so signed) A⁴ Aa³ (A2-4 signed Aa) B-k⁴.

Pagination irregular: nos. 107-110 and 115-116 (i.e. 118) used for leaves instead of pages in Part 3; nos. 117-136 omitted between Part 5 and Part 6.

Translation of Instructions pour les jardins fruitiers et potagers (1690) which was also published under the titles: Instruction pour les jardins fruitiers et potagers, and: Le parfait jardinier; ou, Instruction pour les jardins fruitiers et potagers.

Title page printed in red and black.

Frontispiece port. of De la Quintinye by F. de la Mare Richart and engraved by W. Elder.

Engraved vignettes (unsigned) of garden views at head of each part; plates include the King's kitchen garden at Versailles (plate mark 29 x 34 cm.), unsigned, folded, facing p. 1; ill. of grafted and pruned trees and pruning tools, one plate signed MBurg.

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Keynes, G. Evelyn, 103

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ESTC R212118
Table of contents: title: The dictionary : an explication of the terms of gard'ning, in an alphabetical order; title: Of fruit-gardens and kitchen-gardens; title: Directions concerning melons; title: A treatise of orange-trees; title: Reflections upon some parts of agriculture.