Author: John Grigor
Title: Arboriculture: Or, a Practical Treatise on Raising and Managing Forest Trees and on the Profitable Extension of the Woods and Forests of Great Britain.
Description: Edinburgh, Oliphant, Anderson & Ferrier, 1881 . Leather. A smart, quarter morocco, copy of this comprehensive guide to forest management in the United Kingdom. The scarce second edition. Rebound in a neat quarter morocco binding by Maltbys of Oxford. Complete with the half title page. A detailed guide to raising and managing forest trees, alongside a description of the profitable extensions of the woods and forests of Great Britain. As detailed in the preface, this second edition is the same as the first, except where prices of plants have been altered to show contemporary quotations. Chapters in this work include, the rise and progress of British plantations, modes of forest planting, raising and managing hedges and a large selection of different tree species. Bookplate for one, 'Peter M. Scott', to the front paste-down. With three stamps for the 'Auctioneer's Institute Library', throughout. Rebound in quarter morocco. Externally, excellent with little shelf wear. Bookplate to the front paste-down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages lightly age-toned but otherwise very bright and clean. Library stamp to the title page, the contents page, and to page one. Light mark to page x, opposite the contents page, caused by the library stamp. Fine . Ill.: None. Fine .

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