The gardeners labyrinth : Containing a discourse of the gardeners life, in the yearly trauels to be bestowed on his plot of earth, for the vse of a garden: with instructions for the choise of seedes, apt times for sowing, setting, planting, and watering, and the vessels and instrumentes seruing to that vse and purpose: wherein are set forth diuers herbers, knots and mazes, cunningly handled for the beautifying of gardens. Also the phisicke benefit of ech herb, plant, and floure, with the vertues of the distilled waters of euery of them, as by the sequele may further appeare. Gathered out of the best approoued writers of gardening, hushandrie [sic], and phisicke: by Dydymus Mountain.

  • Hill, Thomas, approximately 1528-
Date:
1594
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London : Printed by Adam Islip, 1594.

Physical description

8 unnumbered pages, 80 pages, 8 unnumbered pages, 180 pages, 12 unnumbered pages : illustrations

Notes

Dydymus Mountain = Thomas Hill.
Editor's dedication signed: Henrie Dethicke.
The second part has separate divisional title page and pagination; register is continuous.
Includes index.
At the end of the first part is an unsigned quire, printed on one forme only, with cuts of knots and mazes.
Reproduction of the original in the Henry E. Huntington Library and Art Gallery.

References note

STC (2nd ed.) 13488.

Reproduction note

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Mich. : UMI, 1999- (Early English books online) Digital version of: (Early English books, 1475-1640 ; 246:12) s1999 miun s

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