William Pontey: 'The Forest Pruner; or, Timber Owner's Assis...

Estimate

£60 - £90

William Pontey: 'The Forest Pruner; or, Timber Owner's Assistant: a Treatise on the Training or Management of British Timber Trees; Whether Intended for Use, Ornament, or Shelter', Huddersfield, printed for the author by T. Smart, [1805], 1st edition, etched frontispiece, seven etched plates (4 hand tinted plates of which 1 is folding & 2 are double-page) complete, contemporary calf gilt, armorial bookplate of Sir Richard Gregory, 1st Baronet FRS, FRAS (1864-1952), British Astronomer and promoter of Science, to front pastedown, with some m/s marginalia by him and a tipped in m/s recipe for Dutch grafting wax tipped in p.226/227; together with William Gilpin: 'Remarks on Forest Scenery and Other Woodland Views, Illustrated by The Scenes of New Forest in Hampshire', 1808, 2 volumes, 30 plates (several aquatints) + folding map, contemporary half calf gilt (3)