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Miller, Philip
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
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Description
- The Gardners Dictionary. Containing, The Methods of Cultivating and Improving the Kitchen, Flower, Fruit, and Pleasure Garden. … The Sixth Edition. London: Printed for the Author; and Sold by John and James Rivington, 1752
- paper, ink, leather
Numerous woodcut head- and tailpieces and initial-frames. Illustration: Engraved allegorical frontispiece after S. Wale by E. Rooker, 9 engraved plates, including 4 of plants by Georg Dionysius Ehret, a few woodcut vignettes in text.
Folio (18 1/8 x 11 1/4 in.; 462 x 287 mm). Binding: Fine retrospective binding of diced russia over early marbled boards, spine elaborately gilt in eight compartments with floral and foliate tools, red morocco label, early red-sprinkled edges. Provenance: Sir William Purves Hume Campbell, Baronet (bookplate) — Anita Peek Gilger (Christie's, 14 October 2003, lot 42 [part]).
Some faint dampstaining at top margin and lower fore-edge corners, 3 of the Ehret plates spotted.
Folio (18 1/8 x 11 1/4 in.; 462 x 287 mm). Binding: Fine retrospective binding of diced russia over early marbled boards, spine elaborately gilt in eight compartments with floral and foliate tools, red morocco label, early red-sprinkled edges. Provenance: Sir William Purves Hume Campbell, Baronet (bookplate) — Anita Peek Gilger (Christie's, 14 October 2003, lot 42 [part]).
Some faint dampstaining at top margin and lower fore-edge corners, 3 of the Ehret plates spotted.
Literature
Henrey 1110; Pritzel 6237; Stafleu & Cowan 6043
Condition
Some faint dampstaining at top margin and lower fore-edge corners, 3 of the Ehret plates spotted.
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In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective qualified opinion.
NOTWITHSTANDING THIS REPORT OR ANY DISCUSSIONS CONCERNING CONDITION OF A LOT, ALL LOTS ARE OFFERED AND SOLD "AS IS" IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONDITIONS OF SALE PRINTED IN THE CATALOGUE.
Catalogue Note
A handsome copy of a standard eighteenth-century botanical work and the "Starting-point for the nomenclature of cultivars" (Stafleu & Cowan). Philip Miller was made head gardener of the Chelsea Physic Garden in 1722 on Sir Hans Sloane's recommendation, and gained an international reputation for the Garden, which held under his stewardship the largest collection of plants in Europe. Miller himself was celebrated for his horticultural skill and botanical abilities: his experiments in 1751 were the first to demonstrate the importance of insects in pollination. Miller's eminence and the fame of his Gardeners Dictionary, which was first published in 1731 and reached an eighth edition in 1768, earned him fellowship in the Royal Society of London, membership in the Botanical Academy of Florence, and the soubriquet "hortulanorum princeps" (DNB). The influence of Miller's Dictionary was international, and it was translated into French, German, and Dutch during his lifetime.