Object details

Object number

9.a.3.1

Creator(s)

• John Evelyn (Wotton, England, 1620 - 1706, London) - translator
• Jean De La Quintinie (Chabanais, 1626 - 1688, Versailles) - author
• Florent De LaMare-Richart (France, 1630 - 1718) - illustrator
• William Elder (active Scotland, 1680 - 1701) - engraver
• Matthew Gillyflower (active London, 1668 - 1725) - publisher
• James Partridge (active London, 1683 - 1694) - publisher

Title

The Complete Gardener, or: Directions for Cultivating and Right Ordering of Fruit-Gardens and Kitchen-Gardens: With Divers Reflections on Several Parts of Husbandry: In Six Books

Date

1693

Medium

Printed ink on paper

Language

English

Publication Place

London

Binding Description

Brown tooled leather binding with gilded lettering on spine

Description

[44], 184 [i.e. 192], [4], 204 [i.e. 184], [4], 4, 80 pages, [11] leaves of plates (2 folded) : ill. (engravings), port. ; 33 cm.

Dimensions

33.5 x 22 x 6 cm (13 3/16 x 8 11/16 x 2 3/8 in.)

Provenance

Purchased by Isabella Stewart Gardner from the bookseller and importer Charles E. Lauriat Company, Boston for $25 on 17 July 1922.

Commentary

Isabella Stewart Gardner kept meticulous records of many of her acquisitions. In keeping with this legacy, object information is continually being reviewed, updated, and enriched in order to give greater access to the collection.

Gallery

Macknight Room

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