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MILLER (PHILIP) Figures of the Most Beautiful, Useful and Uncommon Plants Described in The Gardeners Dictionary, 2 vol., Printed for the author, and sold by J. Rivington etc., [1755]-1760
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MILLER (PHILIP)
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A tall untrimmed copy of the first edition of Miller's companion to the Gardeners Dictionary. "In the execution of this work no expense has been spared to render it as perfect as possible. The drawings were taken from living plants, the engravings were most of them done under the author's inspection and the plates have been carefully coloured from the original drawings" (Preface).
Provenance: P.B. Broke, of Broke Hall, Nacton, near Ipswich, father of Rear Admiral Sir Philip Bowes Vere Broke ("Broke of the Shannon"), ownership stamp on title-pages. Philip Bowes Broke had been at school in Norwich with Humphrey Repton in the 1760s, and the famous landscape improver was invited to survey Broke Hall in 1791, delivering his 'Red Book' the following February.





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