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.
Willliam Pontey (fl.1780-1831)
Category
Books
Date
1808
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Calke Abbey, Derbyshire
NT 3186042
Summary
Bibliographic description
[2], 277, [3], 4, 3, [1] p., 8 leaves of plates : ill.; 8vo. Provenance: Inscribed on title page: "HHarpur" [i.e. Sir Henry Harpur, 7th Baronet (1763-1819), surname changed to Crewe, 1808]. Binding: Nineteenth-century full blue paper over boards, printed paper spine label, edges uncut (as issued).
Makers and roles
Willliam Pontey (fl.1780-1831)