The Planter's Guide; or, a Practical Essay on the Best Method of Giving Immediate Effect to Wood, by the Removal of Large Trees and Underwood; Being an Attempt to Place the Art on Fixed Principles, and to APply it to General Purposes, Useful and Ornamental; Chiefly Intended for the Climate of Scotland.

Sir Henry Steuart

Published by William Blackwood, Edinburgh, 1828

About this Item

The first edition of Sir Henry Steuart's guide to tree planting and felling, chiefly intended for Scotland, illustrated with five plates. First edition. Bound in half calf with marbled paper-covered boards. Illustrated with five plates, one of which is folding. Collated, complete. Written by Scottish landowner and agricultural improver, Sir Henry Steuart.An informative guide surrounding arboriculture, and the most efficient ways to maintain a forest. The author highlights numerous ways of forest management, chiefly intended for the climate of Scotland, which is where he managed his own land at Allanton House in Lanarkshire. With the bookplate of John Moore Paget a landowner and Justice of the Peace. Bound in half calf with marbled paper-covered boards. Externally, sound with rubbing to the leather causing some loss to the extremities and joints. Loss to the center of the backstrip. Rear hinge is strained. Front hinge has failed after frontispiece. Bookplate to front paste down and ink inscription to rear paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright, with light scattered spotting to plates and the odd page. Good Only. Seller Inventory # 950Q2

Bibliographic Details

Title: The Planter's Guide; or, a Practical Essay ...

Publisher: William Blackwood, Edinburgh

Publication Date: 1828

Binding: Leather

Illustrator: Not Stated

Condition: Good Only

Edition: First edition.

Book Type: book