Search Results: Titles starting with F from Speaking Volumes

Large 8vo (26cm), viii + 448pp, including several maps, some gutters have been resewn, rebound in green buckram with maroon faux leather spine, separated from each board by a gilt band, gilt lettering on spine displaying the title, author's name and year of publication, new endpapers and flyleaves inserted, top edge of textblock gilt, in very good internal condition, contents consistently clean and bright.
Written by a Lincoln's Inn barrister William Richard Fisher, this work reviews documentary evidence relating to the legal workings of the Royal Forest of Essex, established in the early 10th century. The system of forest law was laid down by William the Conqueror and multiple royal forests, i.e. private hunting reserves for the monarch, were thereafter established across England. These were areas that supported large numbers of deer and game and usually comprised heaths, grassland and wetland, but not all were wooded. The Forest of Essex in southeast England was notable for covering nearly the… Read More

The Forester by James Brown, vi + 700pp +[16]advts, 3rd edition, 1866, 4to (24.5cm h), x 3 foldouts included in pagination, the first one is an extension of page 442, the second comprises pages 659 and 600, the third covers pages 631 and 632; book rebound in black buckram with gilt lettering to spine, internally very good, original flyleaves and half-title page foxed.
James Brown (no, not that James Brown!) was a professional forester on the Arniston Estate in Midlothian and wood manager to the Earl of Seafield, as well as the first president of the Scottish Arboricultural Society, established in 1854. The present book, first published in 1847, provides practical guidnace on how to create and manage a profitable plantation in temperate climates based on scientific principles of the time. It was one of the most influential and important books on the subject in its day, having arisen from a breeding ground of enthusiasm among seed collectors for collecting North American species, the most famous of whom… Read More