Plat (Sir Hugh). The Garden of Eden. Or, An accurate Description of all Flowers and Fruits now growing in England, with particular Rules how to advance their Nature and Growth, as well in Seeds and Hearbs, as the secret ordering of Trees and Plants, The Fifth Edition, printed for William Leake, 1660, bound with as issued: The Second Part of the Garden of Eden, 1st edition, 1660 [i.e. 1659], 2 parts in 1 volume, woodcut initial letters, some minor toning and spotting, I8-K6 in first part with short worm trail to blank fore-margin (and several preceding leaves with single hole), hinges splitting, near-contemporary sheep, rubbed, a few single worm holes at foot of spine (not penetrating into text), small 8vo (Qty: 1) ESTC R33968 & R203175; Henrey 296 & 297; Wing P2387A & P2392. Fifth edition of the first part and first edition of the second, here issued together; a variant issue of the former is known, with the title-page dated 1659.
Plat (Sir Hugh). The Garden of Eden. Or, An accurate Description of all Flowers and Fruits now growing in England, with particular Rules how to advance their Nature and Growth, as well in Seeds and Hearbs, as the secret ordering of Trees and Plants, The Fifth Edition, printed for William Leake, 1660, bound with as issued: The Second Part of the Garden of Eden, 1st edition, 1660 [i.e. 1659], 2 parts in 1 volume, woodcut initial letters, some minor toning and spotting, I8-K6 in first part with short worm trail to blank fore-margin (and several preceding leaves with single hole), hinges splitting, near-contemporary sheep, rubbed, a few single worm holes at foot of spine (not penetrating into text), small 8vo (Qty: 1) ESTC R33968 & R203175; Henrey 296 & 297; Wing P2387A & P2392. Fifth edition of the first part and first edition of the second, here issued together; a variant issue of the former is known, with the title-page dated 1659.
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