1727 New System Agriculture Husbandry & Gardening John Laurence 1st Edition John Laurence Fornwalds

A New System of Agriculture. Being a Complete Body of Husbandry and Gardening In all the Parts of them. Viz. Husbandry in the Field, and its several Improvements. Of Forest and Timber-Trees, Great and Small; with Ever-Greens and Flow'ring Shrubs, &c. Of the Fruit-Garden. Of the Kitchen-Garden. Of the Flower-Garden. In Five Books. Containing All the Best and Latest, as well as many New Improvements, useful to the Husbandman, Grazier, Planter, Gardener, and Florist. Wherein are interspersed Many curious Observations on Vegetation; on the Diseases of Trees, and the general Annoyances to Vegetables, and their probable Cures. As also a Particular Account of the famous Silphium of the Ancients. By John Laurence, M. A. Rector of Bishops-Weremouth, in the Bishoprick of Duram, and Prebendary of the Church of Sarum. Dublin: Printed by and for J. Hyde and E. Dobson, and for R Gunne and R. Owen, 1727. First Edition. Complete plates (frontispiece + 2 plates). 312 p, full leather Cambridge style binding measures 12.5 x 7.75", 4to. Plates: Frontispiece: A Perspective View of His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales's House at Richmond; Page 265: Asa Foetida of Disgunn; Page 281: Passion Flower and Fruit. In good condition. Cambridge boards slightly bowed outward. Boards scuffed at edges and worn/bumped at corners. Head and tail of spine scuffed with chipping at head. Front hinge beginning to crack at head. Edges of text-block stained red (dulled pinkish). Original text-block normally toned with instances of finger-soiling or age-staining. Some off-setting on leaves adjacent to plates or headers. Modern binding remains tight and intact. Please see photos and ask questions, if any, before purchasing. John Laurence (1688-1732) received his BA at Cambridge University in 1688. He became Rector in Northamptonshire in 1703. He immediately improved the soil of the Rectory garden and grew the "choicest fruit." He became Rector in the County of Durham in North England shortly before his death. He was a naturalist and very interested in horticulture, especially the culture of fruits. He stated working in his garden was "the best and almost only physick" he loved. The Clergyman's Recreation, showing the pleasure and profit of the art of Gardening (1714). This went through six editions to 1726. The Gentleman's Recreation (1716) - third edition in 1723. The Fruit Garden Kalendar (1718). First Edition, Complete Plates. Dublin, Ireland imprint. RAREB1727FQRX - 10/25 FORN-SHELF-0467-XX-2510-HK2850