Hill (Thomas). [The Profitable Arte of Gardening: to which is added much necessarie matter, and a number of secrets, with the Phisicke helps belonging to each hearbe, and that easily prepared] To this is annexed two proper Treatises, the one entituled, The mervailous government, propertie, and benefite of Bees, with the rare secretes of the honnie and waxe. And the other, The yerely coniectures meete for Husbandmen. To these is likewise added a Treatise of the Arte of Graffing and Planting of trees. Gathered by Thomas Hyll, Citizen of London, imprinted by Edward Allde, 1593, two parts in one, collation: A-N4, O2, P-X4, Y2; title with small woodcut device, woodcut initials, head-pieces, etc., 4 woodcut illustrations of mazes and knot gardens, lightly dampstained throughout, extreme lower outer blank corners of most leaves restored, one or two short worm tracks to lower blank margins, generally not affecting text, R2 with small burn hole to upper part of the leaf, with loss of several letters, final signature (M1-4) with increasing repairs to blank lower outer corners, with loss of one letter to Mm3, and a larger portion of text to the lower part of the final leaf (Mm4), contemporary plain vellum, soiled and marked, with extensive restoration, small 4to (Qty: 1) ESTC S104120; Henrey 200; STC 13496; Rohde; 116; David A. Smith British Bee Books 7. Hill's 'profitable instruction of the perfect ordering of Bees' is considered the first British bee book. Hill's manual on English gardening is also regarded as the first gardening book printed in England, the first edition of which was issued in 1563. Sold as seen, not subject to return.
Hill (Thomas). [The Profitable Arte of Gardening: to which is added much necessarie matter, and a number of secrets, with the Phisicke helps belonging to each hearbe, and that easily prepared] To this is annexed two proper Treatises, the one entituled, The mervailous government, propertie, and benefite of Bees, with the rare secretes of the honnie and waxe. And the other, The yerely coniectures meete for Husbandmen. To these is likewise added a Treatise of the Arte of Graffing and Planting of trees. Gathered by Thomas Hyll, Citizen of London, imprinted by Edward Allde, 1593, two parts in one, collation: A-N4, O2, P-X4, Y2; title with small woodcut device, woodcut initials, head-pieces, etc., 4 woodcut illustrations of mazes and knot gardens, lightly dampstained throughout, extreme lower outer blank corners of most leaves restored, one or two short worm tracks to lower blank margins, generally not affecting text, R2 with small burn hole to upper part of the leaf, with loss of several letters, final signature (M1-4) with increasing repairs to blank lower outer corners, with loss of one letter to Mm3, and a larger portion of text to the lower part of the final leaf (Mm4), contemporary plain vellum, soiled and marked, with extensive restoration, small 4to (Qty: 1) ESTC S104120; Henrey 200; STC 13496; Rohde; 116; David A. Smith British Bee Books 7. Hill's 'profitable instruction of the perfect ordering of Bees' is considered the first British bee book. Hill's manual on English gardening is also regarded as the first gardening book printed in England, the first edition of which was issued in 1563. Sold as seen, not subject to return.
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