BIBLIOGRAPHY 
OF PRINTED WORKS ON 
ENGLISH GARDENING 
FROM THE EARLIEST RECORDED DATE TO THE YEAR 1837 
Arranged Chronologically under the names of Authors or Trans¬ 
lators, and under the date of the first edition of their earliest work ; 
or under the title of the Book and date of the first edition, when the 
writers’ names are unknown. 
Besides referring to well-known general Bibliographies, I occasion¬ 
ally mention that on Gardening Works by G. W. Johnson, published 
in 1829. An asterisk affixed to any article implies that the book has 
not been seen by or for me. 
1516. The Grete Herball. Imprented at London in Southwark by me 
Peter Treveris . . MDXVI, the xx day of June. Folio. * 
This edition was described by Ames in his Typographical Antiquities; but there is no 
record of its having been seen by anyone since. 
The grete herball. . which is translated out y e Frensshe into Englysshe . . 
With the mark of Peter Treveris. Folio. Undated. * 
Described by Hazl tt as printed in “ 1525-6 ” being certainly not earlier than 1525, and 
apparently anterior to the dated issue of 1526. 
The grete herball whiche giveth parfyt Knowlege and understandyng of 
all maner of herbes, etc. . . . Translated out of Frenche into 
Englishe. . . . Also it geveth full parfyte understandynge of the 
booke lately prentyd by me [Peter Treveris] named the noble 
experiens of the vertuous handwurke of surgery. . . Imprentyd at 
London in Southwarke by me Peter Treueris . . MDXXVI, the xxvi. 
day of July. Small folio. 
Several copies are extant. Having been quite unable to trace the supposed earlier 
editions, I believe this one to be the first. 
The grete herball. MDXXVII 18 April. * 
Such an edition is described by Ames as printed by Treveris for Laurence Andrew. 
The grete herball . . Peter Treueris . . MDXXIX, the xvii day of Marce. 
Folio. 
The grete herball newly corrected. Londini, in edibus Thome Gybson. 
Anno MDXXXIX. Folio. 
The greate Herball . . newlye corrected and diligently oversene. . . 
London, Jhon Kynge, MDLXI. Small folio. 
1523. [Fitzherbert’s Husbandry] A newe tracte or treatyse moost profyt- 
able For All Husbandmen . . 
Imprinted . . by Rycharde Pynson [in or before 1523 ]. Small 
4 to. * 
In Pinson’s edition of Sir Anthony Fitzherbert’s Boke of Surveying, printed in 1523, this 
book is mentioned as having been already published. Its date cannot therefore be later than 
that year. The authorship by Sir Anthony Fitzherbert is considered doubtful, and in the 
B. M. Catalogue it is suggested that John Fitzherbert may have been the writer; but it is 
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