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1594. Sir Hugh Platt (or Plat) (continued). 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. Reprinted in 1654, 1659, 1660, and the sixth edition is dated 1675. 



1596. John Gerard (or Gerarde). Catalogus Arborum, fruticum ac plan- 

 tarum tam indigenarum quam exoticarum in horto Gerardi nas- 

 centium. Londini, ex off. Roberti Robinson, 1596. Small 8vo. 

 The copy in the British Museum is probably unique. 



another edition with the same title with the following variation : 



... in horto Johannis Gerardi Civis & Chirurgi Londinensis 

 nascentium. Londini, ex officina Arnoldi Hatfield impensis 

 Joannis Norton, 1599. Folio. 



I have seen two copies of this catalogue, in both cases bound up with the Herbal of 1597. 



reprinted in 1876 under the title of " A Catalogue of Plants "... 



with notes. B. D. Jackson . . 



The Herball, or Generall Historie of Plantes . . . Engraved title 



with portrait by W. Rogers, London. Imprinted by E. Bollifant 

 for B. and J. Norton, 1597. Folio. 



reprinted and " very much enlarged and amended " by Thomas 



Johnson. Printed by Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Rich. 

 Whitakers. 1633. 



This imm ense work of standard character contains 19 preliminary leaves (including the 

 engraved title), 1631 pp. of text, and 46 pp. of tables, etc. It has several hundreds of wood- 

 cut illustrations. Most of them appeared in the original edition of 1597, but a large number 

 were added by Johnson in 1633. 



1599. Dubravius — . . A New Booke of good Husbandry . . Written in Latin 

 by Janus Dubravius and translated into English at the speciall 

 request of George Churchey . . London, William White, 1599. 

 Small 4to. 

 The translator's name is not known. 



Gardner's Kitchen Garden. Profitable Instructions for the Manur- 

 ing, Sowing, and Planting of Kitchen Gardens . . Edw. Allde for 

 Edward White, 1599. Small 4to. * 



This first edition is so described by Lowndes, and is mentioned in Piatt's Garden of Eden ; 

 but no copy has been traced. 



Profitable Instructions for the Manvring, Sowing, and Planting 



of Kitchin Gardens . . Imprinted at London by Edward Allde for 



Edward White . . 1603. Small 4to. * 



This second edition is so described de visu in Hazlitt's third Collection of Bibliographical 

 Notes. He calls the author Richard Gardiner ; under which name he seeks to indicate Richard 

 Gardner of Shrewsbury, a dyer and draper, who is described as a public benefactor of that 

 town, in Owen and Blakeway's Shrewsbury. 



1600. Estienne and Liebatjlt-Surflet. Maison Rustique or the Covntrie 



Farme, compiled in the French tongue by Charles Steuens and John 

 Liebault, and translated by Ric. Surflet. E. Bollifant for B. 

 Norton, 1600. Small 4to. 



another edition. London. Printed by Arnold Hatfield. 1606. 



Small 4to. 



another edition, augmented by Gervase Markham. 1616. 



London. Printed by Adam Islip for John Bill. 



1601. John Taverner. Certaine Experiments concerning Fish and Fruit . . 



Printed for William Ponsonby . . 1601. Small 4to. 



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