Den Nederlandsen hovenier, zijnde het I. Deel van het Vermakelijk Land-leven [...].

3 parts in 1 vol. 4to: [30]-103-[3] pp. (some min. spotting).

Mod. brown half cloth, marbled paper on covers, flat spine, mod. endpapers, top edge red (some sl. rubbing).

Engr. title, 5 ill. in-text, and 15 full-page plates depicting gardens, gardening designs, fountains. For the "Twee hondert modellen, voor de liefhebbers van hoven en thuynen": ill. on title, 51 full-page plates with groundplans, designs for garden houses, sundials, and 7 ill. in-text.
Ref. STCN 10811581X.
Bound with: 1. Nylant, Petrus - Den verstandigen hovenier, over de twaelf maenden van 't jaer. Zijnde het II. deel van het vermakelyk lant-leven. Ibid., 1711. [8]-84-[4] pp. Ill. with an engr. title, 3 ill. in-text and 1 full-page pl. Ref. STCN 267989296. - 2. Id. - De medicyn-winkel, of Ervaren huys-houder: zijnde het III deel van het vermakelyk land-leven [...]. Ibid., id. 88 pp. Ill. with an engr. ill. on each title (3), 2 ill. in-text and 1 full-page pl. Ref. STCN 267989741.
Rare complete set of famous bestseller works on gardening, horticulture, domestic medicine, bee-keeping and basic gastronomy in the Dutch Golden Age, under the general title "'t Vermakelijck landleven" (The amusing country-life). All nicely illustrated with woodcuts. Printed in 2 col. in Gothic type.
Prov. "Labor" (label on front pastedown).