1757 · London
by (POMOLOGY). HITT, THOMAS
London: Printed for the Author, 1757. Second Edition. 206 x 128 mm. (8 1/8 x 5"). viii, 392 pp., [3] leaves (index).
Contemporary speckled calf, covers double ruled in gilt, raised bands flanked by double gilt rules, tan morocco label. With seven folding engraved plates. J. B. Barret engraved armorial bookplate to the front pastedown. Two 20th century ink ownership inscriptions to the front flyleaf. Henrey 848; Fussell, p. 29. Spine uniformly darkened and with tiny, superficial creases, joints worn (front joint and hinge cracked, though board still firmly attached), other general external wear; some offsetting from plates, light browning and minor foxing, but the text generally clean and quite fresh. An unsophisticated copy in reasonable condition.
This nicely illustrated volume is a book that "long remained the best practical work upon the art of pruning and training trees." (Henrey) Thomas Hitt (d. 1770) was a gardener who worked at a variety of stately homes throughout his career; at the time of this work's publication, he was at Bloxholm Hall in Lincolnshire, and in the last years of his life, he ran his own nursery of fruit trees. This work first appeared in London in 1755 and was reprinted two years later (as here), and then again in 1768. Our fully contemporary copy—smartly bound and with technical diagrams as illustrations—is representative of what Henrey calls "the ever-widening interest during the eighteenth century in gardening and horticulture," making it part of an important trend in agricultural history.. (Inventory #: ST19567-167)
Contemporary speckled calf, covers double ruled in gilt, raised bands flanked by double gilt rules, tan morocco label. With seven folding engraved plates. J. B. Barret engraved armorial bookplate to the front pastedown. Two 20th century ink ownership inscriptions to the front flyleaf. Henrey 848; Fussell, p. 29. Spine uniformly darkened and with tiny, superficial creases, joints worn (front joint and hinge cracked, though board still firmly attached), other general external wear; some offsetting from plates, light browning and minor foxing, but the text generally clean and quite fresh. An unsophisticated copy in reasonable condition.
This nicely illustrated volume is a book that "long remained the best practical work upon the art of pruning and training trees." (Henrey) Thomas Hitt (d. 1770) was a gardener who worked at a variety of stately homes throughout his career; at the time of this work's publication, he was at Bloxholm Hall in Lincolnshire, and in the last years of his life, he ran his own nursery of fruit trees. This work first appeared in London in 1755 and was reprinted two years later (as here), and then again in 1768. Our fully contemporary copy—smartly bound and with technical diagrams as illustrations—is representative of what Henrey calls "the ever-widening interest during the eighteenth century in gardening and horticulture," making it part of an important trend in agricultural history.. (Inventory #: ST19567-167)
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