London: Printed for G. Nicol, Bookseller to His Majesty, 1803. Two volumes. Octavos, xxii+408+7 pages index & xx.+ 454 +4 pages index. Third edition. The first volume contains information on woodlands, hedgerows, forestry, the history of planting, and the use of place. The second volume contains a thorough dictionary of trees. Marshall was one of the first professional landscape improvers to write a manual. Internally near fine, pages generally fresh and clean. Bound in full calf, spine gilt with raised bands and red and black labels laid-on. General wear to head and foot of spines, and some cracking to the gutters. A good set.

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Bookseller: Rabelais - Fine Books on Food & Drink (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: 1890
Title: On Planting and Rural Ornament. A Practical Treatise
Author: Marshall, [William]
Book Condition: Used
Quantity Available: 1
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Printed for G. Nicol, Bookseller to His Majesty
Place of Publication: London
Date Published: 1803
Keywords: farm & garden, fruit, english
Bookseller catalogs: farm & garden;
Note: May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.

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G: Good describes the average used and worn book that has all pages or leaves present. Any defects must be noted. (as defined by AB...
Gilt: The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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...
Fine: A book in fine condition exhibits no flaws. A fine condition book closely approaches As New condition, but may lack the...
Raised Band(s): Raised bands refer to the ridges that protrude slightly from the spine on leather bound books. The bands are created in the...
Spine: The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....