The Forest Pruner Or Timber Owner's Assistant: being 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: With Remarks on the Old and Outlines of a New System for The Management of Oak Woods. [The Second Edition] BOUND WITH THE PROFITABLE PLANTER A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Planting Forest Trees, in Every Description of Soil and Situation; More particularly on Elevated Sites, Barren Heaths, Rocky Soils, &c. Including Directions for The Planting and Management of Permanent Screens. [Third Edition]

William PONTEY

Published by Printed: Sold by J Harding. London: Printed for John Harding, London, 1809

About this Item

London Printed: Sold by J Harding, 1808, Second Edition of The Forest Pruner. London: Printed for John Harding, 1809, Third Edition of The Profitable Planter.

Two works bound in one volume.

Worn half leather binding with gilt titles to a black label, gilt griffin and unicorn to the top compartment, gilt bands, worn and rubbed to the top of the spine with loss, front joint cracked, rear joint partially cracked, marbled paper covered boards and page edges, brown end papers, text block tight, pages tanned with some offsetting from the plates.

Pagination: Pruner ? [vi], 3-277, [1]pp, with 8 plates collated and complete. Planter ? xii, 9-230pp, with a frontispiece.

Provenance: inscription by Jas Ackers to the title of Pruner and page 9 of Planter.

Approximately 8 ¾ inches tall (22cm).



Condition Report

Externally

Spine ? good condition ? gilt titles to a black label, gilt ruled, rubbed, marked and worn with loss to the top of the spine.
Joints ? poor condition ? cracked to the front, partially cracked to the rear.
Corners ? good condition ? rubbed, bumped and worn.
Boards ? good condition ? half leather and marbled paper covered boards.
Page edges ? good condition ? top edges darkened, all marbled.
Binding ? fair condition ? text block tight, externally worn and with faults.
See above and photos.

Internally

Hinges ? poor condition ? cracked to the front, cracking to the rear.
Paste downs ? good condition ? brown.
End papers ? good condition ? brown.
Title ? good condition ? tanned and foxed with offsetting from the frontispiece.
Pages ? good condition ? tanning and foxed.
See photos.

Seller Inventory # ABE-1760346912540

Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Forest Pruner Or Timber Owner's Assistant: being 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: With Remarks on the Old and Outlines of a New System for The Management of Oak Woods. [The Second Edition] BOUND WITH THE PROFITABLE PLANTER A Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Planting ...
• Publisher: Printed: Sold by J Harding. London: Printed for John Harding, London
• Publication Date: 1809
• Language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 3rd Edition
• Condition: Fair
• Seller catalogs:
  • Leather Bindings