THE PLANTER'S GUIDE; or, A Practical Essay on the Best Method of Giving Immediate Effect to Wood, by the Removal of Large Trees and Underwood; Being an Attempt to Place the Art, and that of General Arboriculture, on Phytological and Fixed Principles...
by Steuart, Sir Henry
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good+ condition
- Seller
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Chicago, Illinois, United States
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About This Item
Edinburgh, Scotland: John Murray, 1828. Book. Good+ condition. Hardcover. Second edition. Octavo (8vo). xxxviii, 527 pages of text. Original cloth binding is in poor condition; both boards are detached and the spine is detached in two pieces with loss. The textblock remains sound. Illustrated with six engravings, which are heavily foxed. Text is quite clean. Title continues "...Interspersed with Observations on General Planting, and the Improvement of Real Landscape; Originally Intended for the Climate of Scotland." "Greatly Improved and Englarged" from the first edition. Previous owner's bookplate affixed neatly to front endpaper..
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- Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 008891
- Title
- THE PLANTER'S GUIDE; or, A Practical Essay on the Best Method of Giving Immediate Effect to Wood, by the Removal of Large Trees and Underwood; Being an Attempt to Place the Art, and that of General Arboriculture, on Phytological and Fixed Principles...
- Author
- Steuart, Sir Henry
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good+ condition
- Edition
- Second edition
- Publisher
- John Murray
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Date Published
- 1828
- Size
- Octavo (8vo)
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Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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About the Seller
Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
Biblio member since 2003
Chicago, Illinois
About Kurt Gippert Bookseller (ABAA)
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- Poor
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- Good+
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- Bookplate
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- Foxed
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- Spine
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