Book Description

ABERCROMBIE, JOHN. The Complete Kitchen Gardener, And, Hot-Bed Forcer; With the thorough practical management of Hot-Houses, Fire-Walls, and Forcing Houses, and the improved modern culture of the Pinery-Stoves, and Pine-Apples, etc. London, John Stockdale, 1789. 12mo, pp [12], 509, [1], [4, adverts], bound in contemporary sheep, sometime plainly rebacked, corners a bit worn, front free endpaper replaced, rear free endpaper lacking, minor marginal tears to half title and title, the latter neatly repaired, but a good sound tight copy,
Dealer Notes
FIRST EDITION, and apparently sole printing of this significant practical account of the home cook's cottage garden of the 18th Century. From the publication of his ever popular Complete gardener in 1767 Ambercrombie, a London publican, had assumed the role of gardener for the masses, and this highly practical work provided a succinct account of growing vegetables and fruit within a limited space.
Author ABERCROMBIE, JOHN.
Date 1789.
Binding contemporary sheep
Publisher London, John Stockdale,
Condition See description

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