[BREWERIANA]. SCOT, Reginald (1538-1599). A Perfite platforme of a Hoppe Garden, and neccessarie Instructions for the making and mayntenaunce thereof, with notes and rules for reformation of all abuses, commonly practices therein, very neccessarie and expedient for all men to have, which in any wise have to doe with hops? London: Henrie Denham, 1578. Small 4to. Illustrated throughout with sixteen woodcuts of hop cultivation and other woodcut decorations or initials. [xii], 1-[64] pp. With the scarce woodcut publisher's device leaf ?Ai" present. Approximately 7 1/8 x 5 ?". Bound to style. By Riviere in modern full brown calf, boards double-ruled in blind, spine ruled in blind and gilt in compartments, two raised bands, green gilt morocco lettering label, all edges gilt (light wear to joints, hinges starting, some occasional thumbsoiling in text, ink note in an unknown hand at the bottom of p. 38). Fine. Biochemist and Magician Edwin A. Dawes' (1925-2023) copy with his bookplate on the fp.THE RARE THIRD EDITION, ?Now newly corrected and augmented by Reynolde [sic] Scot." Page 63 misnumbered as 93, as issued. ?An entirely original work and the first to be written expressly on the culture of hops in England? illustrated with clear cuts showing the various stages necessary in the cultivation of this plant?" (Henrey pp. 65-66). Scot is perhaps better known for The Discoverie of Witchcraft (1584), wherein he rejects the demonic aspects of witchcraft, and instead suggests instead that such manifestations are either hoaxes, tricks, or the result of mental illness.Measurements: 8"L x 6"W x 1"H.