The forest pruner . or, timber owner's assistant: a treatise on the training or management of British timber trees; whether intended for use, ornament, or shelter including an explanation of the causes of their general diseases and defects, with the means of prevention, and remedies, where practicable: also, an examination of the properties of English fir timber; with remarks on the old and outlines of a new system for the management of oak woods. By William Pontey...
Willliam Pontey (fl.1780-1831)
Category
Books
Date
1810
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Sheringham, Norfolk
NT 3117974
Summary
Bibliographic description
xii, 9-277, [1]p. plates . ill.. . 8vo.. Listed in c1900 manuscript catalogue in the Drawing Room South end. Provenance: Armorial bookplate inside front cover: Abbot Upcher Sheringham [ie Abbot Upcher 1784-1819]. Binding: Nineteenth-century half calf binding; brown marbled paper covered boards; gilt tooled spine; spine label: "Forest pruner" and "Pontey 1810".
Makers and roles
Willliam Pontey (fl.1780-1831)