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Bradley, Richard (cont.)

New improvements of planting and gardening, both
philosophical and practical. London, W. Mears,
1717-18. 3v. (Dept. Agr.; Mass. Hort. Soc.;
Brit. Mus.)

This represents the 1st ed. of pts.1-3
together. Brit. Mus. Cat.; Brit. Mus. (Nat.
Hist.) Cat.; Seguier, Johnson, Cecil, and Martyn, 
all give separate entry for pt.1, 1717,
for which Brit. Mus. gives collation 8 p.l.,
70 p. A 2d pt. was also issued in 1717, with
8 p.l., 136 p., while pt.3, 1718, has 6 p.l.,
290 p. Boston Pub. Lib. has copy of pts.1-2
only, 1717 ed., and N. Y. Bot. Gard. has copy
of the same, both dated 1718, and presumably
the 2d ed. of those parts.

Copies of this work sometimes have parts
of different editions and dates bound together,
and in the N. Y. Bot. Gard. there is a copy
of "New improvements ... The third and last
part" published by Mears in 1724, with the
usual 290 pages. No edition number is indicated, 
and it appears to be a reissue of the
3d pt. to fill out copies of the 1st, 2d, or
3d eds. of the other two, possibly with the
idea of disposing of all previous stock before 
getting out the 4th ed. in the same year.
(MFW)

See also A Letter from a gentleman in the country to
his friend in town: concerning two books lately published
by Mr. Bradley and Mr. Collins. London, 1717.

-----  2d ed. London, 1718. 3 pts. [in 1 vol.] 
(Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Cat.; Bib. Nat. Paris;
pt. 1, Arn. Arb.)

Seguier, Johnson and others give 1718 for  
2d ed. Brit. Mus. (Nat. Hist.) Cat. 1:220,
says: "Part 1 of this ed. is a reissue of the
preceding". Altho all three parts appear to
have been issued during the year 1718, it is
not known whether some of the copies seen belong 
to the 1st or the 2d ed. See also notes
under the 1st ed., 1717-18. (MFW)

-----  The 3d. ed., cor. London, W. Mears, 1719-
20. 3 v. (Lib. Cong.; Arn. Arb. 2 cops; Brit. Mus.)

-----  The 4th ed. To which is added ... Hereford-
shire-orchards. London, W. Mears, 1724. 435 p.
(Dept. Agr.; Brit. Mus.; N. Y. Bot. Gard.; Arn. Arb.;
Bib. Nat. Paris)
        