The Forcing, Fruit, and Kitchen Gardener Comprehending the Forcing of Asparagus, Cucumbers, Cherries, Figs, Grapes, Melons, Mushrooms, Nectarines, Apples, and Strawberries. Together with the management of the greenhouse, culture of wall & orchard fruits
by Nicol, Walter
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Good
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About This Item
Edinburgh and London: William Creech; T. Cadell jnr & W. Davies, J. Scratcherd, and T. Hurst, 1802. Third edition, "with large editions". Illustrated with 6 engraved plates, (very foxed and browned), octavo, pp xvi, 427, (i), marbled edges, some sporadic foxing and browning thoughout (heavier on a few pages) but otherwise very firm and tight, contemporary half calf and marbled boards, rubbed and a little worn. VERY SCARCE. [Walter Nicol (1769 - 1811) was a Scottish garden and hothouse designer, who wrote several books on practical horticulture. He was born in Niddrie. He was employed at a number of estates in Scotland and improved the design and layout of gardens and glasshouses. Nicol is in particular responsible for the walled garden layout at Dalhousie Castle in Midlothian."His works, which were of a very high standard, became exceedingly popular" - Blanche Henrey 1182.]. Third edition. Half-Leather. Good.
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- Bookseller
- Mike Park Ltd (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
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- Title
- The Forcing, Fruit, and Kitchen Gardener Comprehending the Forcing of Asparagus, Cucumbers, Cherries, Figs, Grapes, Melons, Mushrooms, Nectarines, Apples, and Strawberries. Together with the management of the greenhouse, culture of wall & orchard fruits
- Author
- Nicol, Walter
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Edition
- Third edition
- Publisher
- William Creech; T. Cadell jnr & W. Davies, J. Scratcherd, and T. Hurst
- Place of Publication
- Edinburgh and London
- Date Published
- 1802
- Bookseller catalogs
- Garden History; Fruit & Vegetables; Early works;
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- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Marbled boards
- ...
- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Edges
- The collective of the top, fore and bottom edges of the text block of the book, being that part of the edges of the pages of a...
- Tight
- Used to mean that the binding of a book has not been overly loosened by frequent use.