415 - MILLER, Philip *Dictionary for Gardeners and Farmers* [...]. Brussels: B. Le Francq, 1786–1789, 8 vols., 8vo: frontispiece engraving—xlix–[3]–543, [4]-3-[1 blank page]-697, [4]-597, [4]-574, [4]-592, 533, [4]-544, [4]-244-86-184 (i.e., 194) pp.; 25 pl. (some water stains in vols. 5 and 6, some yellowed leaves in vols. 6 and 8). Contemporary polished mottled blond calf, gilt-ruled boards and spine with raised bands, red and green labels, gilt hatching on squares (some small stains, some corners bumped). A fine set. A new edition of the translation (1st English ed. 1724), correcting the errors of the Parisian ed. (1785), enriched with notes on plant characteristics and based on the 8th English ed. Vol. 1 contains a note on this ed., a bio-bibliography of Miller, a note from the editor and the author, a list of bibliographies, an explanation of plates, etc.; vol. 8 contains a catalog of plants, an English dictionary, and a “Calendrier des jardiniers.” Illustrated with 1 engraved frontispiece and 25 engraved plates. The botanist Miller (1691–1771) served as chief gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden from 1722 until his death and cultivated many plants for the first time in England. He was reluctant to use Linnaeus’s classification but nevertheless adopted this system in the 8th ed. of “The Gardener’s Dictionary” in 1768. Ref. Brunet III:1718.