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Sale 945 - Fine Printed Books & Manuscripts, Including Americana
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Nov 9, 2021
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Nov 10, 2021
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GILBERT, Samuel (d. 1692). The Florists Vade-mecum, Being a Choice Compendium of whatever Worthy Notice hath been Extant for the Propagation, Raising, Planting... the Rarest Flowers and Plants... Together with the Gardiners Almanack. London: for Thomas Simmons, 1682.
12mo (134 x 72 mm). 2 woodcut diagrams in-text. (Lacking the engraved portrait, D1, G10, and M8 torn with minor loss to text, several repaired tears.) Modern calf antique. Provenance: W. Musgrave (1655-1721), British physician and antiquary (signature); William Forsyth (1737-1804), Scottish botanist (signature, 1798); manuscript note describing the publication of the work on front free endpaper.
FIRST EDITION. The almanack has a separate title-page, "The gardeners almanack...With monthly directions what ought to be done in either kitchin or flower-garden," and covers the period 1683-1697. William Musgrave was elected to the Royal Society in 1684, and he was elected to the Royal College of Physicians in 1692. William Forsyth was a founding member of the Royal Horticultural Society, and the genus Forsythia is named in his honor. Henrey 157; ESTC R30408.
Selections from the Property of Dr. Eugene Vigil, Antiquariat Botanicum