Front cover image for The english garden: a poem. book the first [-fourth]. by w. mason, m.a.a garden is the purest of human pleasures, it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man ; without which buildings and palaces are but gross hand-works. and a man shall ever see, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner than to garden finely: as if gardening were the greater perfection. verulam

The english garden: a poem. book the first [-fourth]. by w. mason, m.a.a garden is the purest of human pleasures, it is the greatest refreshment to the spirits of man ; without which buildings and palaces are but gross hand-works. and a man shall ever see, that when ages grow to civility and elegancy, men come to build stately, sooner than to garden finely: as if gardening were the greater perfection. verulam


Print Book, English, 1772-1781
[First edition]
printed : And Sold by R. Horsfield, at No 22. in Ludgate-Street, London, and H Dunoyer, in Lisle-Street, 1772-1781