The gardeners labyrinth : Containing a discourse of the gardeners life, in the yearly trauels to be bestowed on his plot of earth, for the vse of a garden: with instructions for the choice of seeds, apt times for sowing, setting, planting, and watering, and the vessels and instruments seruing to that vse and purpose: wherin are set forth diuers herbers, knots, and mazes cunningly handled for the beautifying of gardens. Also the physick benefit of each herb, plant, and flowre, with the vertues of the distilled waters of euery of them, as by the sequele may further appeare. Gathered out of the best approued writers of gardening, husbandrie, and physicke: by Dydymus Mountain.
- Hill, Thomas, approximately 1528-
- Date:
- 1608
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Publication/Creation
London : Printed by Henry Ballard [and E. Allde], 1608.
Physical description
8 unnumbered pages, 80 pages, 8 unnumbered pages, 180 pages, 12 unnumbered pages : illustrations
Notes
Dydymus Mountain = Thomas Hill.
Editor's dedication signed: Henry Dethicke.
"Allde pr[inted]. S-Ll; Ballard the rest"--STC.
The second part has separate divisional title page and pagination; register is continuous.
Includes index.
At the end of the first part is an unsigned quire, printed on one forme only, with cuts of knots and mazes.
Reproduction of the original in the Harvard University. Library.
References note
STC (2nd ed.) 13489.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 1382:08) s1999 miun s