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Title: Annotations on The history of the propagation and improvement of vegetables.
Alternative Title: The history of the propagation & improvement of vegetables by the concurrence of arts and nature. Oxford: Printed by A. Lichfield for T. Robinson, 1660.
Creator: Sharrock, Robert, 1630-1684
Contributor: Aglionby, Julia, died 1798, former owner.
Date Created and/or Issued: 17--?
Contributing Institution: UCLA, William Andrews Clark Memorial Library
Collection: Early Modern Annotated Books from UCLA’s Clark Library
Rights Information: Public Domain
Material in the public domain. No restrictions on use.
Description: Scope/Content: Manuscript annotations in printed book.
Scope/Content: Manuscript annotations by Julia Aglionby or perhaps an earlier member of the Aglionby family in a 1660 copy of Robert Sharrock's History of the propagation and improvement of vegetables. Annotations are found in the margins throughout the book, most of them acting as indexical notes on the contents of the volume. These notes are written in a neat but small 17th or 18th century hand.
Condition: Bound in 19th or 20th century half red morocco with marbled boards.
Type: text
Form/Genre: Annotations (Provenance)--England--18th century.
Extent: [16], 150, [2] pages, bound; 17 cm
Identifier: ark:/21198/n1w30t
SB 322 .S53
Language: English
Subject: Plant propagation--Early works to 1800.
Gardening--Early works to 1800.
Vegetable gardening--Early works to 1800.
Sharrock, Robert, 1630-1684.--History of the propagation & improvement of vegetables by the concurrence of arts and nature.--1660.
Place: England--Cumbria--Kirkoswald.
Provenance: Julia Aglionby, Decbr. 22d 1787 inscribed on title page.
Location: CLUW

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