Reid (John) The Scots Gard'ner in Two Parts...Whereunto is annexed the Gard'ners Kalendar. Published for the Climate of Scotland, 2 parts in 1, first edition, 4 woodcut plates (2 bound upside down), first part lacking A1 (?initial blank) and I1 (pp.53-54, final leaf of first part), second part lacking B4 (final blank), woodcut plates, ink signature of Alexander Tod dated 1810 at head of title and last leaf, a little soiled and stained, first title cropped at foot through imprint with loss of date, lower corners nibbled with loss of several catchwords and a few text letters, last two leaves frayed at fore-edges, old paper flaw tear to O4 affecting a few letters, 18th century half sheep, worn, [Henrey 328; Hunt 368; Wing R764], small 4to, Edinburgh, David Lindsay, 1683.
⁂ "This first Scottish gardening book is sometimes also seen as the first Scottish cookery book." (National Library of Scotland). Reid (b.1656) was gardener to several estates including Hamilton Castle and Drummond Castle before emigrating in 1683 to a Scottish Quaker community in New Jersey where he became a wealthy farmer.