Main entry:

Switzer, Stephen, 1682?-1745, author.

Title & Author:

The nobleman, gentleman, and gardener's recreation, or, An introduction to gardening, planting, agriculture, and the other business and pleasures of a country life / by Stephen Switzer.

Publication:

London : printed for B. Barker and C. King, both in Westminster-Hall, 1715.

Description:

[8], xxxiv, 266, [16] pages, [1] leaf of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm

Notes:
Etched frontispiece.
Dedicated to the Marquis of Lindsey.
Later editions published under title: Ichnographia rustica, or, The nobleman, gentleman and gardener's recreation.
Publishers' advertisements on p. [8] at beginning.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ESTC T60866
In English, with some Latin.
Inscribed on front paste-down: "K Tab 4-11."

Summary:

See Desmond, page 668; B. Henrey, pages 327-328; British Gardeners, page 274.

Subject:

Gardening Early works to 1800.
Landscape gardening Early works to 1800.
Gardens Design Early works to 1800.
Gardens Great Britain Early works to 1800.
Agriculture Great Britain Early works to 1800.
Jardinage Ouvrages avant 1800.
Jardins Architecture Ouvrages avant 1800.
Jardins Grande-Bretagne Ouvrages avant 1800.
Agriculture Grande-Bretagne Ouvrages avant 1800.
Agriculture
Gardening
Gardens
Gardens Design
Landscape gardening
Great Britain

Form/genre:

Early works
Publishers' advertisements.

Added entries:

Barker, B. (Benjamin), -1764, bookseller.
King, Charles, -1735, bookseller.
Ancaster, Robert Bertie, Duke of, 1660-1723, dedicatee.
Thordarson Collection.
England London.

Introduction to gardening, planting, agriculture, and the other business and pleasures of a country life

Holdings:

Location: Library cage 41461
Call No.: 0001915
Status: Available