Black and white engraved plate depicting activities during the month of April. Gardeners prepare a walled garden for the spring, sewing seeds, digging and raking the paths. The garden is adjacent to a moated house. Farmers work in the fields nearby. With a zodiacal figure in the sky. The book plate bears the imprint 'Apprillis'. From the book 'Oeconomia ruralis et domestica' by Johann Coler