Search Results: a treatise on forest trees containing not by boutcher william

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-10-01. Paperback. Good.

Paperback / softback. New.

Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 2008-10-01. Paperback. Used:Good.

Hardback. New.

New.

Fine illustrated and antiquarian Botany . 1st. Ed. Pub. R. Fleming, Edinburgh. 1775. pp.4, xlviii, 259 plus 3-page postscript. 4to. Hardback. Neat, early, signature to title-page. Contents thor. vg. to nr. fine with intermittent minor spotting. Does not contain the engraved title (present in a small number of copies) and not signed by the author. More recent handsome quarter cloth over marbled boards, lightly marked o/w. fine. A very pleasing copy. William Boutcher was a nurseryman at Comely Garden, Edinburgh. His �A Treatise on Forest-Trees� �was the best eighteenth-century work published on the subject and, in the opinion of Edlin, it still contains �much of interest and practical application in present-day forest nurseries�.� (Henrey).

Edinburch: Printed for the Author and Sold By J. Murray. Good+. 1778. Second Edition. Hardcover. Title Continued: Plain Directions for removing most of the valuable kinds of Forest-Trees, to the height of thirty feet and upwards, with certain success and on the same principles, (with as certain success) for transplanting Hedges of Sundry kinds, which will at once resist Cattle: to which are added Directions for the Disposition, Planting and culture of Hedges by observing which, they will be handsomer and stronger Fences in five years, than they now usually are in ten. 1778 second edition in original leather binding. 259pp +(ii) -(xxvi) , Preface, +(xxvii ) -(xliii) , Subscribers. + 3 pages of Postscript. Both covers are decorated with a narrow gilt border. Spine has raised bands with geometric gilt designs in panels. Clean brown leather. Interior of text is tight, clean & intact. Marble endpaper. Front hinge cracked with cover firmly attached. Spine ends and front corners lightly… Read More

Edinburgh, Scotland: J. Murray, 1778. 2nd Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Title page continued: "As also, Plain Directions for removing most of the valuable kinds of Forest-Trees, to the height of thirty feet and upwards, with certain success; and, On the same principles, (with as equal success) for transplanting Hedges of sundry kinds, which will at once resist Cattle; To Which are added, Directions for the Disposition, Planting, and Culture of Hedges by observing which, they will be handsomer and stronger Fences in five years, than they now usually are in ten . . . Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Murray." 4, xlviii, 259, [5] p.; 27 cm. 4to. Full tree calf. Six spine compartments between raised bands. The Second Edition. ESTC T113532. Armorial bookplate of I. Hungerford, esqr., on the front fixed endpaper. Includes an extensive list of subscribers. Ex-library: bookplate of the Reading Public Museum and Art Gallery on the front fixed endpaper and the verso of the front free… Read More

Edinburgh: R. Fleming, 1775. First Edition . Hardcover. Good. Hardback. 4to. Externally a very good copy in a modern quarter-leather binding with marbled boards. Spine with five raised bands and lettered in gilt on a red title-piece. New end-papers. Internally good. SIGNED by author on verso of title page. (Lacks extra engraved title-page which was only present in a few copies). Fairly minor marginal staining to a few early pages. Edge tear at pages133/134. Pp.4,xlviii,259 + 3pp postscript. List of Subscribers which appears to include almost all of the great and good of Scotland of the time!