67
Every man his own gardener by Mawe.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 13, as above.
MAWE,
Thomas [
i.e.
John Abercrombie].
Every Man his own Gardener. Being a New, and much more Complete, Gardener’s Kalendar than any one hitherto published. Containing,
not only an Account of what Work is necessary to be done in the Hot-house, Green-house, Shrubbery, Kitchen, Flower, and Fruit
Gardens, for every Month in the Year, but also ample Directions for performing the said Work, according to the newest and
most approved Methods now in practice among the best Gardeners. By Mr. Mawe, Gardener to his Grace the Duke of Leeds, and other Gardeners.
London: Printed for
W. Griffin in the Strand;
W. Chase at Norwich;
T. Toft at Chelmsford; and
E. Etherington, at York,
1767.
First Edition. 12mo. 220 leaves; [ ]
2, B-D
12, *E
6, E-S
12, T
8, publisher’s advertisement on the last leaf; sig. *E has starred pagination *73-*84, at sig. E the pagination rebegins 73.
Not in Loudon.
Not in McDonald.
This edition not in Bradley.
Jefferson bought his copy from
Patrick Byrne, Philadelphia, on February 22, 1805, price $
1.25.
This work was sold to Congress by Jefferson in 1815 and is listed in the Library catalogue of that year. It was not reported
as missing by George Watterston, and does not appear on any list of missing books. It had disappeared before 1831, and is
not in that nor in the subsequent catalogues.
John Abercrombie, 1726-1806, Scottish writer on agriculture, was the author of this book, but, from a motive of diffidence, published it under
the name of Thomas Mawe, gardener to the Duke of Leeds. The edition of 1779 was the first to have Abercrombie’s name on the
title-page.
[803]
68
Abercrombie’s gardener’s pocket dictionary.
3. v.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 31. no. 12, as above.
ABERCROMBIE,
John.
The Gardener’s Pocket Dictionary; or, A Systematic Arrangement of Trees, Shrubs, Herbs, Flowers and Fruits; agreeable to the
Linnæan Method: with their
Latin and
English Names, their Uses, Propagation, and Culture, in Gardens, Plantations, Greenhouses, and Hot-Houses . . . The Whole comprehending
Directions for the General Practice of Gardening . . . By John Abercrombie, Author of Mawe’s Gardener’s Kalendar, and other Works. Vol. I [-III].
London: Printed for
Lockyer Davis, Printer to the Royal Society,
1786.
First Edition. 3 vol. 12mo. vol. I, 136 leaves: [ ]
4, B-Z
6; vol. II, 168 leaves: [ ]
2, B-O
12+ 2 leaves marked *O
3 and *O
4, P
8; vol. III, 197 leaves: [ ]
2, A-Q
12, R
3; list of
Books written by John Abercrombie on the 4th preliminary leaf in vol. I.
The copy collated is that in the Department of Agriculture, and the contents of vol. II and III were transposed before the
books were issued. The half-title for vol. II reads
Second Division continued containing Hardy Herbaceous Plants. A note at the foot of the page reads:
N.B. Part II. is the second vol.--Vol. II. the third. The volume contains the Greenhouse Plants, Hothouse plants etc. which should be in vol. III, whose half title reads:
Third division containing Green house plants. Hot house plants. Index of English names, and whose text deals with the herbaceous plants which should be in vol. II. The two starred leaves contain
An Appendix to the Hot-House, or Stove Exotics.
