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Trees.- First English book on oaks.- Wheeler (James) The Modern Druid, containing Instructions... for the much better Culture of Young Oaks, first edition, engraved frontispiece with partial contemporary hand-colouring, 2 engraved plates, one folding, offsetting (including on to title), endpapers foxed, some spotting and finger-marking elsewhere, engraved bookplate of Thomas Percival, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments, rubbed, causing some abrading to head of spine, [Henrey 1492], Printed for the author, 1747; and another, on the use of oak bark in the tanning process, 8vo (2)
*** First edition of the first English book devoted to the oak tree. Wheeler developed a method of producing tall straight trees, which were of greater use to shipwrights, carpenters, and coopers.](https://am-s3-bucket-assets.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/forum/prod/lot_images/xlarge/fdf81af9-9a90-ee11-b864-d4548b6f1f2f/6555366f-f391-ee11-817a-6045bdcfd69d.webp "514
Trees.- First English book on oaks.- Wheeler (James) The Modern Druid, containing Instructions... for the much better Culture of Young Oaks, first edition, engraved frontispiece with partial contemporary hand-colouring, 2 engraved plates, one folding, offsetting (including on to title), endpapers foxed, some spotting and finger-marking elsewhere, engraved bookplate of Thomas Percival, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments, rubbed, causing some abrading to head of spine, [Henrey 1492], Printed for the author, 1747; and another, on the use of oak bark in the tanning process, 8vo (2)
*** First edition of the first English book devoted to the oak tree. Wheeler developed a method of producing tall straight trees, which were of greater use to shipwrights, carpenters, and coopers.")
Lot 514
Trees.- First English book on oaks.- Wheeler (James) The Modern Druid, containing Instructions... for the much better Culture of Young Oaks, first edition of the first English book on oaks, Printed for the author, 1747; and another, on the use of oak bark in the tanning process, 8vo (2)
Hammer Price: £2,200
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Trees.- First English book on oaks.- Wheeler (James) The Modern Druid, containing Instructions... for the much better Culture of Young Oaks, first edition, engraved frontispiece with partial contemporary hand-colouring, 2 engraved plates, one folding, offsetting (including on to title), endpapers foxed, some spotting and finger-marking elsewhere, engraved bookplate of Thomas Percival, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments, rubbed, causing some abrading to head of spine, [Henrey 1492], Printed for the author, 1747; and another, on the use of oak bark in the tanning process, 8vo (2)
⁂ First edition of the first English book devoted to the oak tree. Wheeler developed a method of producing tall straight trees, which were of greater use to shipwrights, carpenters, and coopers.
Description
Trees.- First English book on oaks.- Wheeler (James) The Modern Druid, containing Instructions... for the much better Culture of Young Oaks, first edition, engraved frontispiece with partial contemporary hand-colouring, 2 engraved plates, one folding, offsetting (including on to title), endpapers foxed, some spotting and finger-marking elsewhere, engraved bookplate of Thomas Percival, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, gilt spine in compartments, rubbed, causing some abrading to head of spine, [Henrey 1492], Printed for the author, 1747; and another, on the use of oak bark in the tanning process, 8vo (2)
⁂ First edition of the first English book devoted to the oak tree. Wheeler developed a method of producing tall straight trees, which were of greater use to shipwrights, carpenters, and coopers.
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