Eden: Or, a Compleat Body of Gardening. Containing Plain and Familiar Directions for Raising the Several Useful Products of a Garden

Thomas Hale; John Hill

London : Printed for T. Osborne ; T. Trye ; S. Crowder and Co. ; and H. Woodgate, 1757

Tall folio. Good binding and cover. Contemporary calf, with later morocco spine.  [2], iv, ii, 714 p. 61 engraved plates (including frontis).  Uncolored. Text printed in two columns.  Issued in 60 numbers from 28 August 1756 to 8 November 1757 as a gardener's calendar.  Eden suggests the appropriate seasonal management of the flower, fruit, and kitchen gardens and nursery: "We shall treat Gardens from their Origin, Design, and first Construction, to the raising them to Perfection, and keeping them in that condition; and we shall consider, in our Course, their Products, whether of Use, Curiosity, or Beauty. These we shall describe in their several Seasons, suiting our Publications to the Time of their Appearance." - Intro.  Refs: Nissen, 880;  Henrey, B. British botanical and horticultural literature before 1800, 776; Great Flower Books, p 100; Dunthorne 129; Oak Spring Flora 53 (citing 2nd ed).