The Manner of Raising, Ordering; And Improving Forest and Fruit Trees: Also How to Plant, Make and Keep Woods, Walks, Avenues, Lawns, Hedges, etc. With Several Figures in Copper-plates, proper for the same. Also Rules and Tables shewing how the Ingenious Planter may measure Superficial Figures, with Rules how to divide Woods or Land, and how to measure Timber and other Solid Bodies, either by Arithmetick or Geometry, shewing the Use of the most Excellent Line, the Line of Numbers, by several New Examples; with many other Rules, useful for most Men.
Language: English
Published by Peter Parker, London, 1679
- Hardcover
- Used
Condition: Used - Very good
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Dark tan speckled leather binding, very worn, re-backed spine. Contents are very good. Title page, Dedication 4 pp, Introduction 10 pp, 204 pp, Figure diagrams 4 pp, Contents 3 pp Catalogue 1 pp, A Discovery of Subterranean Treasure: (viz.) Of all manner of Mines and Minerals, by Mr Gabriel Plattes 27 pp. Firm binding, contents clean, not bad for a 347 year old book .
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- Title
- The Manner of Raising, Ordering; And Improving Forest and Fruit Trees: Also How to Plant, Make and Keep Woods, Walks, Avenues, Lawns, Hedges, etc. With Several Figures in Copper-plates, proper for the same. Also Rules and Tables shewing how the Ingenious Planter may measure Superficial Figures, with Rules how to divide Woods or Land, and how to measure Timber and other Solid Bodies, either by Arithmetick or Geometry, shewing the Use of the most Excellent Line, the Line of Numbers, by several New Examples; with many other Rules, useful for most Men.
- Author
- Moses Cook
- Publisher
- Peter Parker, London
- Publication year
- 1679
- Condition
- Very Good
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- Octavo
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