THE COMPLEAT PLANTER AND CYDERIST or, Choice COLLECTIONS AND OBSERVATIONS For the Propagating all manner of FRUIT-TREES And the most Approved Ways and Methods yet known for the Making and Ordering of CYDER, And other ENGLISH-WINES. BY A LOVER OF PLANTING.

FIRST EDITION 1685. LACKS 2 LEAVES 135-138, facsimiles inserted. Small John Evelyn "J.E" label to first pastedown, pasted in when Christie's sold the Evelyn Family books, this copy not listed in the auction catalogues. 8vo, approximately 190 x 110 mm, 7½ x 4¼ inches, 2 small text illustrations, pages: [16], 1-256, [8] - addenda and errata, bound in full contemporary calf, gilt decoration to spine. Binding rubbed and pitted, small chip to head of spine, some cracking and damage to spine, title label missing, title page soiled and dusty, 2 small repairs to verso title page,1 to tip of lower corner and the other to top margin, ink names and letters to title page and ink name to verso, small loss of paper to first pastedown, 3 small repairs to outer margin of page 17, tiny ink spot to 5 pages, affecting a few letters, some minor stains and soiling to margins, 2 outer margins have a previous owner's neat ink name, a few neat marginal repairs, no loss to text, corners dog eared and some tips missing, endpapers browned. A fair to good working copy. See James Gabler, Wine into Words, page 63, No G16730; Blanche Henrey, British Botanical and Horticultural Literature before 1800, Volume 1, page 235, No. 37; H. Frederic Janson, Pomona's Harvest, page 138; Sotheby's, Marcus and Elizabeth Crahan, Collection on Food and Drink, No. 121; Sandra Raphael, An Oak Spring Pomona, pages 34-35. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.