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The Manner Of Raising, Ordering, and Improving Forest-Trees: With Directions how to Plant, Make, and Keep Woods, Walks, Avenues, Lawns, Hedges, &c
by Cook, Moses
- Used
- Condition
- Contemporary cambridge style full morocco with rectangular cover panels decorated in blind, modern reback with raised bands and
- Seller
-
ardsley, New York, United States
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About This Item
London: Eliz. Bell, John Darby, Arthur Bettesworth, et al., 1724. Third Edition Corrected. leather-bound. Contemporary cambridge style full morocco with rectangular cover panels decorated in blind, modern reback with raised bands and red leather spine label printed in gilt. Near fine. 273 [3] pages. 19.5 x 12 cm. Copper engraved frontispiece, four copper engraved folding plates at rear -- illustrations for avenues, walks and lawns. First published 1676. the author was gardener to the Earl of Essex. Also included are "Rules and Tables shewing how the Ingenious Planter may measure superficial Figures divide Woods or Land, and measure Timber and other solid Bodies, either by Arithmetick or Geometry: With the Uses of that excellent Line, the "Line of Numbers," by several new Examples and many other rules, useful for most Men." Modest, scattered toning, armorial bookplate.
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- Bookseller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc.
(US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 19972
- Title
- The Manner Of Raising, Ordering, and Improving Forest-Trees: With Directions how to Plant, Make, and Keep Woods, Walks, Avenues, Lawns, Hedges, &c
- Author
- Cook, Moses
- Format/Binding
- Leather-bound
- Book Condition
- Used - Contemporary cambridge style full morocco with rectangular cover panels decorated in blind, modern reback with raised bands and
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Edition Corrected
- Publisher
- Eliz. Bell, John Darby, Arthur Bettesworth, et al.
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1724
- Keywords
- Natural History
- Bookseller catalogs
- Natural History; Gardening; Flora;
Terms of Sale
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
All books returnable 10 days of invoice date with prior notification
About the Seller
Royoung bookseller, Inc.
Biblio member since 2008
ardsley, New York
About Royoung bookseller, Inc.
Member: Antiquarian Booksellers' Association of America & International League of Antiquarian Booksellers
Glossary
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- Bookplate
- Highly sought after by some collectors, a book plate is an inscribed or decorative device that identifies the owner, or former...
- Morocco
- Morocco is a style of leather book binding that is usually made with goatskin, as it is durable and easy to dye. (see also...
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
- Fine
- A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
- Raised Band(s)
- Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Spine Label
- The paper or leather descriptive tag attached to the spine of the book, most commonly providing the title and author of the...
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