Dictionnaire des jardiniers et des cultivateurs. Traduit de l'anglois sur la VIIIe édition; avec un grand nombre d'additions [...] par De Chazelles, le conseiller Holande, &c. Nouvelle édition [...].

8 vols, 8vo: xlix-[3]-543, [4]-3-[1]-697, [4]-597, [4]-574, [4]-592, 533, [4]-544, [4]-244-86-184 pp.; 26 pls (closed tear V-289, several ll. strongly browned v. VI).-- Supplement: 2 vols, 4to: viii-[2]-731-[1], [4]-758-[1] pp.; 9 pls (in fact 10: 4th is duplicated, sm. margin. tears to the last ll.).

Contemp. half calf, mottled paper on boards, raised bands outlined with gilt fillets, leather labels on spines, red edges (rubbed espec. the boards, somewhat worn).

New ed. of the translation (1st Engl. ed.: 1724), correcting the errors of the Parisian ed. (1785), enriched with notes on plant traits and based on the 8th English edition. Volume I contains a note on this edition, a bio-bibliography of Miller, a note from the editor and the author, a list of bibliographies, an explanation of plates, etc .; vol. 8 contains a catalogue of plants, an English dictionary and a Gardeners Calendar. Text in 2 columns. The botanist Miller (1691-1771) was chief gardener at the Chelsea Physic Garden from 1722 till his death and cultivated many plants for the 1st time in England. He was reluctant to use Linnaeus' classification but nevertheless adopted this system in the 8th edition of The Gardener Dictionary in 1768. Ref. Brunet III-1718. - Not in Pritzel, Nissen.