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415 - MILLER, Philip Dictionnaire des jardiniers et des cultivateurs [...]. Brussels B. Le Francq 1786-1789 8 vol., 8vo: engr. front.-xlix-[3]-543, [4]-3-[1 bl.]-697, [4]-597, [4]-574, [4]-592, 533, [4]-544, [4]-244-86-184 (i.e.194) pp.; 25 pl. (some water stains in vol. 5 and 6, some yellowed lvs in vol. 6 and 8). Contemp. polished mottled blond calf, gilt-ruled boards and spine with raised bands, red and green labels, gilt hatching on squares (some sm. stains, some corners bumped). Nice set. New edition of the translation (1st Engl. ed. 1724), correcting the errors of the Parisian ed. (1785), enriched with notes on plant traits and based on the 8th Engl. 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 catalogue of plants, an English dictionary and a "Calendrier des jardiniers". Ill. with 1 engr. front. and 25 engr. pl. The botanist Miller (1691-1771) was chief gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden from 1722 till his death and cultivated many plants for the first time in England. He was reluctant to use Linnaeus' classification but nevertheless adopted this system in the 8th ed. of "The Gardener's Dictionary" in 1768. Ref. Brunet III:1718.
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MILLER, Philip Dictionnaire des jardiniers et des cultivateurs [...]. Brussels B. Le Francq 1786-1789 8 vol., 8vo: engr. front.-xlix-[3]-543, [4]-3-[1 bl.]-697, [4]-597, [4]-574, [4]-592, 533, [4]-544, [4]-244-86-184 (i.e.194) pp.; 25 pl. (some water stains in vol. 5 and 6, some yellowed lvs in vol. 6 and 8). Contemp. polished mottled blond calf, gilt-ruled boards and spine with raised bands, red and green labels, gilt hatching on squares (some sm. stains, some corners bumped). Nice set. New edition of the translation (1st Engl. ed. 1724), correcting the errors of the Parisian ed. (1785), enriched with notes on plant traits and based on the 8th Engl. 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 catalogue of plants, an English dictionary and a "Calendrier des jardiniers". Ill. with 1 engr. front. and 25 engr. pl. The botanist Miller (1691-1771) was chief gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden from 1722 till his death and cultivated many plants for the first time in England. He was reluctant to use Linnaeus' classification but nevertheless adopted this system in the 8th ed. of "The Gardener's Dictionary" in 1768. Ref. Brunet III:1718.
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