The abridgement of the gardeners dictionary containing the best and newest methods of cultivating and improving the kitchen, fruit, flower garden, and nursery [...]

Sixth edition, revised and expanded, illustrated with an allegorical frontispiece by Wale, and 12 folding plates (greenhouses for melons, another on greenhouses, a third of a plant (polygala), another of a barn, another of rubia (plant)...). Some plates are bound out of order. Printed in double columns.
Contemporary full blonde calf binding. Spine with raised bands decorated with fillets. Red morocco title label. Double fillet frame on boards. 2 wormholes at foot. 2 corners opened. One lack to upper board. Surface wear to boards. Lower joint split at head. Lacks to upper joint at head and lower joint at foot.
The work was considered at the time by horticulturists and gardeners as the best and most comprehensive on the subject. It is a dictionary of plants according to Linnaeus's classification. Each article contains the history of the plant, its region of origin, its cultivation...