Lawson (William) A New orchard, and garden: or, The best way for planting, grafting, and to make any ground good, for a rich orchard...As also, the husbandry of bees, with their severall uses and anno

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Lawson (William) A New orchard, and garden: or, The best way for planting, grafting, and to make any ground good, for a rich orchard...As also, the husbandry of bees, with their severall uses and annoyances, 3 parts in 1, woodcut general title vignette, illustrations, head-pieces and decorative initials, worm trace to head of inner gutter of first few ff., L1 small hole to upper corner, just touching pagination, water-stained, occasional spotting, lightly browned, 20th century half calf, spine gilt, spine faded, [cf. British Bee Books 20 & Poynter 34.8; Wing L731; ESTC R23999], small 4to, Printed by W. Wilson, for E. Brewster, and George Sawbridge, at the Bible on Ludgate-Hill, neere Fleet-bridge, 1653. *** The second part is 'The country house-wives garden...together with the husbandry of bees', attributed to Gervase Markham.

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