Lot 248
Forestry.- Cook (Moses) The Manner of Raising, Ordering; And Improving Forest and Fruit-Trees..., second edition, for Peter Parker, 1679.
Estimate: £750 - 1,000
Description
Forestry.- Cook (Moses) The Manner of Raising, Ordering; And Improving Forest and Fruit-Trees..., second edition, 4 engraved plates, P3 small loss to fore-margin, 2C3 very small holes affecting few letters, a few other small marginal defects, some light staining or soiling, some spotting and light browning, later calf-backed boards, spine rubbed and quite worn, joints cracked with upper cover detached, [Wing C6033], small 4to, for Peter Parker, 1679.
⁂ A reissue of the 1676 edition with cancel title and the addition of "A Discovery of Subterranean Treasure: (viz.) Of all manner of Mines and Minerals" by Gabriel Plattes at end. Scarce at auction.
Provenance: Royal Agricultural Society of England (bookplate).
Description
Forestry.- Cook (Moses) The Manner of Raising, Ordering; And Improving Forest and Fruit-Trees..., second edition, 4 engraved plates, P3 small loss to fore-margin, 2C3 very small holes affecting few letters, a few other small marginal defects, some light staining or soiling, some spotting and light browning, later calf-backed boards, spine rubbed and quite worn, joints cracked with upper cover detached, [Wing C6033], small 4to, for Peter Parker, 1679.
⁂ A reissue of the 1676 edition with cancel title and the addition of "A Discovery of Subterranean Treasure: (viz.) Of all manner of Mines and Minerals" by Gabriel Plattes at end. Scarce at auction.
Provenance: Royal Agricultural Society of England (bookplate).
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