The Forest Pruner or Timber Owner's Assistant, Being a Treatise on the Training or Management of British Timber Trees. [bound with] The Rotten Reviewers; or, a Dressing for the Morbid Branches of the Anti-Jacobin and Critical Reviews.

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Hardback, no dust-wrapper. Two title bound together in later half-calf. First title: "The Forest Pruner or Timber Owner's Assistant, Being a Treatise on the Training or Management of British Timber Trees; Whether Intended for Life, Ornament, or Shelter: Including an Explanation of the Causes of their General Diseases and Defects, with the Means of Prevention and Remedies Where Practicable:- Also an Examination of the Properties of English Fir Timber; with Remarks on the Defects of the Old, and the Outlines of a New System for the Management of Oak Woods." 277pp. Eight explanatory plates (folding). Second title: "The Rotten Reviewers; or, a Dressing for the Morbid Branches of the Anti-Jacobin and Critical Reviews: Being an Exploration of the Extreme Modesty, Spotless Purity, Mature Judgment, and Strict Impartiality of Certain Writers in these Reviews; as Exemplified in their Remarks on The Forest Pruner." 34pp. Book corners scuffed, boards a little worn and marked. Joint taped at end papers. Contents a little faded but generally very clean. A pleasing copy of two genuinely rare titles. (AL20). N° de ref. del artículo AL20GTBR1297

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