The gardeners labyrinth, or, A new art of gardning : wherein is laid down new and rare inventions and secrets of gardning not heretofore known. For sowing, planting, and setting all manner of roots, herbs, and flowers, both for the use of the kitchin garden, and a garden of pleasure, with the right ordering of all delectable and rare flowers, and fine roots; as the like hath not been heretofore published by any. Likewise here is set forth divers knots for the beautifying of any garden for delight. Lastly, here is set down the physical benefit of each herbe, with the commodities of the waters distilled out of them, for the use and benefit of all. / Collected from the best approved authors, besides forty years experience in the art of gardning: by D.M.

  • Hill, Thomas, approximately 1528-
Date:
1652 [i.e. 1651]
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New art of gardning

Publication/Creation

London : Printed by Jane Bell, and are to be sold at the east-end of Christ-Church, 1652 [i.e. 1651]

Physical description

8 unnumbered pages, 90, 173 pages, 13 unnumbered pages : illustrations (woodcuts).

Edition

And now newly corrected and inlarged.

References note

Wing (2nd ed.) H2016.
Thomason E.650[13].

Notes

D.M. = Dydymus Mountain = Thomas Hill.
The first leaf is blank.
"The second part of the gardeners-labyrinth" has separate pagination and title dated 1651; register is continuous.
Includes index.
Annotation on Thomason copy: "Decenb. 15" The 2 in imprint date is crossed out and replaced with "1651".
Reproduction of the original in the British Library.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Thomason Tracts ; 100:E650[13]) s1999 miun s

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