Hill, Sir John. Eden: or, a Compleat Body of Gardening. Containing Plain and Familiar Directions for Raising the several useful Products of a Garden, Fruits, Roots, and Herbage; From the Practice of the most successful Gardeners, and the Result of Long Experience. Printed for T. Osborne; T.Tyre; S. Crowder & Co.; and H. Woodgate. 1757
pp.iv, 714 with 60 fine engraved plates and engraved frontis. Four plates repaired with small hole in plate 55. With short closed tear to two pages and small loss to margin of one further text page. Most of page 313/314 missing. Recently rebound in half brown morocco with marbled boards. A handsome copy.
Originally designed as a companion to his 'Compleat Body of Husbandry' (1756), Eden was published in weekly parts with instructions for work in the garden for the forthcoming week. Self-taught, Hill had a great interest in natural science, and was friends with many of the luminaries of the day including Sir Hans Sloane.
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