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1592 Short Instructions very profitable and necessary for all 



those that deHght in Gardening . . . translated out 



of French into English (filark (rttrr). Printed by 



John Wolfe, London, 1592. Small 4to. 



This little book contains 16 woodcuts in 4 gatherings, they 

 are very similar to those in T. Hill's works, some appear to be 

 from the same blocks. The copy belonging to Earl Crewe is 

 probably unique. 



1594 Sir Hugh Platt. The Jewell House of Art and Nature. 

 Conteining diuers rare and profitable Inuentions, 

 together with sundry new experiments in the Art of 

 Husbandry, Distillation, and Moulding . . London, 

 Peter Short, 1594. 4to. 



Floraes Paradise, beautified and adorned with sundry 



sorts of delicate fruites and flowers, by the industrious 

 labour of H. P. knight . . London, H. L. for William 

 Leake . . 1608. Small 8vo. 



the same work, reprinted under the title of The Garden 



of Eden, 1653. Small 4to. 



This edition was brought out, after the author's death, by his 

 kinsman Charles Bellingham, who signs the dedication. 



1596 John Gerard or Gerarde. Catalogus Arborum, fruticum 

 ac plantarum tam indigenarum quam exoticarum in 

 horto Gerardi nascentium. Londini, ex off. Roberti 

 Robinson, 1596. Small 8vo. 



The copy in the British Museum is probably unique. 



reprinted in 1876 under the title of "A Catalogue of 



Plants "... with notes. B. D. Jackson . . 



— ■ The Herball, or Generall Historic of Plantes. 

 London, J. Norton, 1597. Folio 



— reprinted with considerable augmentation and im- 

 provement by Thomas Johnson in 1633 



This immense work of standard character contains 19 preliminary 

 leaves (including the engraved title), 163 1 pp. of text, and 46 pp. 

 of tables, etc. It has several hundreds of woodcut illustrations. 

 Most of them appeared in the original edition of 1597, but a large 

 number was added by Johnson in 1633 . 



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