The Experimental Husbandman and Gardener: Containing a new method of Improving Estates and Gardens, by cultivating and increasing of forest-trees, coppice-woods, fruit-trees, shrubs, flowers and greenhouses, and exotick plants, after several manners; viz by Layers, Cuttings, Roots, Leaves &c.

Second edition, 4to (284 x 217 mm), [24], 314, [4, index]pp., title page printed in red and black, 33 fine copper engraved plates (13 of which double-page), marbled endpapers renewed, finely bound to style in a full panelled calf, red morocco gilt lettered label to second spine compartment, others tooled in gilt, a very nice copy. A translation from the German, of Agricolaís most important work which was the first treatise on cuttings and graftings, which made him famous. Here Agricola gives a detailed description of his method ìthis consisted in grafting twigs and boughs to pieces of root of the same tree, using a plaster containing turpentine and pitch, mixed by means of heat, which he termed ëvegetable mummy.îóHenry. This is the preferred second English translation to which is added ëan appendix, containing a Variety of Experiments lately practised upon the system, by R. Bradley, Professor of Botany at Cambridge.í Provenance: Engraved armorial bookplate of William Adair (1700-1783) and Robert Shafto of Benwell (1732-1797). Henrey, II. p.p.445-447, III, 412; Hunt, 452; Macdonald, pp.171-172.