The Woodlands: Or a Treatise on Preparing of Ground for Planting; on the planting; on the cultivating; on the pruning; and on the cutting down of Forest Trees and Underwoods; Describing…The Trees… by Cobbett, William - , 1825

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London: Printed and Published by William Corbett, 1825. Book. Very Good. Half Leather. First Edition. 8vo. Unpaginated but circa 340 pages, index. Contemporary green half polished calf binding with pink marbled paper boards, very good with a little general wear and light rubbing.Contents clean and tight, original end papers, front end paper and front blank with several old knocks and very small associated tears; small contemporary signature on title page, generous margins. A very good copy.

London: Printed and Published for William Cobbett, 1825. Original quarter green cloth, plain gray boards, printed paper spine label. Small repairs to spine; spine ends and one cover corner a little worn; spine label chipped. This is the original binding. Copies bound in original full cloth are later bindings.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London, printed and published by William Cobbett, 1825, First edition. . contemporary cloth-backed boards, original spine label with title, corner worn, interior is clean and fine, contains all three pages of ads including one at front of Anne Cobbett's English Housekeeper & rear ads for Cobbett's books. . 8vo [22.5 x 14 cm]; [i, ads], [340], [ii, ads] pp (unpaginated in 601 numbered paragraphs), illustrations including full-page, index. . Pearl 148: 'partly the fruit of the seed farm which Cobbett had established at Kensington in 1821, from four acres of ground walled in-a very beautiful place indeed'. Goldsmith 24452. The author conducted a successful nursery business, wrote books and dabbled in politics. The book describes each tree in detail including American trees. The full title is: The Woodlands: Or, a Treatise on the Preparing of Ground for Planting; on the Planting; on the Cultivating; on the Pruning; and on the Cutting Down of Forest Trees and Underwoods; Describing… Read More

London : William Cobbett , 1825. First edition. Leather. Very Good. 8.5" by 5.5". None. A first edition copy of this interesting book regarding the planting and cultivating of forest trees and underwoods, written and published by William Cobbett. The first edition. Rebound in half calf with gilt lettering to the spine. A comprehensive guide to the planting, cultivating and cutting down of forest trees and underwoods. With detailed descriptions of the growth, size and uses of each type of tree. Including species in both England and America. William Cobbett was an English writer, politician and farmer from Surrey. He was very politically active during the beginning of the nineteenth century, helping to further the Reform Act of 1832. Complete with one page of Mr. Cobbett's other publications to the rear of the book. With a bookplate to the front free endpaper and several ink stamps throughout for the Bibliotheca ex oblatorum S. Caroli, Bayswater. Bookplate for one 'William J.… Read More