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Gardening.- Fatio de Duillier (Nicolas) Fruit-Walls Improved, by Inclining them to the Horizon: or, a Way to Build Walls for Fruit-Trees; Whereby they May Receive More Sun Shine, and Heat, than Ordinary, first edition, lacking engraved frontispiece, with, engraved device to title, head- & tail-pieces, initials and 2 folding plates by Gribelin, with imprimatur on verso of title and errata/advertisement leaf at end of preliminaries, wide margins, lightly water-stained, first plate a little browned, engraved bookplate of William Morehead, contemporary calf, a little worn and stained, corners worn, rebacked preserving old spine, [Wing F557], 4to, by R. Everingham; and are to be sold by John Taylor..., 1699.
⁂ Nicolas Fatio de Duillier was a Swiss mathematician known for his work on the Zodiacal light problem and for his close working relationship with Sir Isaac Newton. In 1699 he suggested increasing fruit-tree and vine productivity by using sloping walls and later a tracking mechanism which could pivot to follow the sun.
Lot 73
Gardening.- Fatio de Duillier (Nicolas) Fruit-Walls Improved, by Inclining them to the Horizon..., first edition, 2 folding engraved plates, by R. Everingham; and are to be sold by John Taylor, 1699.
Hammer Price: £750
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Gardening.- Fatio de Duillier (Nicolas) Fruit-Walls Improved, by Inclining them to the Horizon: or, a Way to Build Walls for Fruit-Trees; Whereby they May Receive More Sun Shine, and Heat, than Ordinary, first edition, lacking engraved frontispiece, with, engraved device to title, head- & tail-pieces, initials and 2 folding plates by Gribelin, with imprimatur on verso of title and errata/advertisement leaf at end of preliminaries, wide margins, lightly water-stained, first plate a little browned, engraved bookplate of William Morehead, contemporary calf, a little worn and stained, corners worn, rebacked preserving old spine, [Wing F557], 4to, by R. Everingham; and are to be sold by John Taylor..., 1699.
⁂ Nicolas Fatio de Duillier was a Swiss mathematician known for his work on the Zodiacal light problem and for his close working relationship with Sir Isaac Newton. In 1699 he suggested increasing fruit-tree and vine productivity by using sloping walls and later a tracking mechanism which could pivot to follow the sun.