A Treatise on the Insect Enemies of Fruit and Fruit Trees. by TRIMBLE, ISAAC P., M.D - 1865

First edition. 4to in publisher's cloth. 139 pp. Eleven plates. G-. Corners bumped and worn through; cloth torn at spine ends and along front joint. Soiling to boards and spine. Small water stain to top edge penetrates into upper margin of the gutter mostly in the last 30 pages, not affecting the text (see photo of the last plate). Name and date on ffep. Very light foxing, predominantly in the margins. Ships wrapped in bubble wrap and packed with care in a box.

New York, William Wood & Company, 1865, First edition. . original brown cloth, gilt cover title lettering, spine ends chipped, worn, joint cracked, internal hinge repaired, endpaper inscription, very light foxing on few leaves, interior very good. . 4to [29.5 x 23.5 cm]; xviii, [19] - 139 pp, 11 lithographed plates including fine hand colored frontis of fruit, 2 tinted plates, tissue guards. . Bennett 106. Hedrick 529. The entomologist author provides a detailed description with graphic and interesting plates. A picture of this book is available on request by email.

New York: William Wood, 1865. 4to. (11 1/8 x 8 3/4). [ix]-xviii, 19-139 pp.11 full page lithographic plates 9 of which are color printed. Publisher's dark blue cloth, lettered in gilt and blind. Treatise on insects and their impact on crops and plants accompanied by detailed, color lithographs. Written by Isaac Pin Trimble (1804-1890), the chief entomologist for the State Agricultural Society of New Jersey and a member of the Horticultural Association of the America Institute, wrote this book as a practical manual for American farmers for the preservation of fruit trees. The text balances the scientific with the practical, and the detailed plates.

New York: William Wood & Company, 1865. 4to. 290 x 225 mm. (11 1/2 x 9 inches). [ix]-xvii, [19]-139 pp. (collates per the copy at Princeton). 11 full-page lithographic plates, 9 of which are printed in colored. Publisher's green cloth, title gilt on upper board and in blind on lower cover; joints cracked but expertly repaired, corners and edges bumped, and the green cloth is faded in some places; preliminary leaves foxed as are the tissue guards, otherwise quite a clean copy. First Edition. Isaac Trimble was chief entomologist for the State Agricultural Society of New Jersey and well as a member of the Horticultural Association of the America Institute. His book was a practical manual for the preservation of fruit trees and was directed at the numerous fruit farmers of this country. His text discusses the recent literature on the destruction of fruit and fruit trees by insects and attempts to provide an observational element to the discussion so farmers, not interested in the science can… Read More