Author: Pontey, W.
Title: The forest pruner or timber owner's assistant. A treatise on the training or management of British timber trees, whether intended for use, ornament or shelter, including an explanation of the causes of their general diseases and defects, with the means of prevention, and remedies, where practicable; also, an examination of the properties of English fir timber; with remarks on the old, and outlines of a new system for management of oak woods. The fourth Edition.
Description: Leeds, T. Inchbold, 1826. 8vo (23.2 x 14.2 cm). xxiii, 248, vii, [iv] pp.; nine engraved plates. Original blind boards. Spine with original printed label. = A seldom-seen presentation copy, to P. Wormald (?) Esq., signed by the author with inscription on title, dated 1827. First published in 1805 it was very successful. This edition is the updated and expanded fourth, which is definitely much less common than the first three editions. Slight wear to boards, spine cover abraded at to end, the front board near-detached; otherwise a very good, clean copy.

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