A Treatise of Fruit-Trees. By Thomas Hitt, Formerly Gardner to the Right Honourable Lord Robert Manners, at Bloxholme, in Lincolnshire; and to the Lord Robert Bertie, at Chissehurst, in Kent. The Third Edition. London: Printed for Robinson and Roberts, MDCCLXVIII (1768).
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Bookplate with the motto "Honi Soit Qui Mal Y Pense" (shame on him who thinks evil of it). The crest depicts the Virgin Mary holding baby Jesus in her arms on one side of the shield with lines on the other and a bishops hat above the shield.
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Size: 137 x 212 mm (approx.)
Condition:
[t.p., iii-viii, 394pp., 4pp. (index)]
Full brown calf with a red morocco tooled label between raised bands on the spine lined with gilt. Binding lightly rubbed and scuffed. Both boards attached with the front joint and hinge starting, and the rear joint and hinge cracked, but generally reasonably secure. Light shelf and edge wear. Red page edges vibrant with the top page edge darkened as often. Bookplate attached to the front pastedown. No ownership inscriptions. Text block extremely clean with light edge toning and very sporadic very minor foxing. More prominent edge toning to the title page. Containing seven foldout plates labelled I. to VII.
