  1286. (Anderson, J.) Miscellaneous Observations on Planting and Training Timber Trees, Particularly Calculated for Climate of Scotland, etc. Tree calf, 230 pp., name on title, fine copy. Edinburgh, 1777.$2.75 1287. A Ramble in the Woods. 16mo, Frontis., 120 pp. London, Circa 1830.$1.00 1288. Browne, D. J. The Sylva Americana, or, A Description of the Forest Trees Indigenous to the U. S., Practically and Botanically Considered. Illus. by more than 100 engravings. First ed. Frontis., fine, clean copy, full sheep. Brought at auction in 1901 (half calf), $15.50. Bang’s sale. Boston, 1832.$5.00 1289. Browne, D. J. The Trees of America, Native and Foreign, Pictorially and Botanically Delineated and Scientifically and Popularly Described. 520 pp., illus., first ed., finely bound in half mor. N. York, 1846.$2.75 1290. Bacon, Francis (Lord Verulam). Sylva Sylvarum, or, A Naturall Historie in Ten Centuries. Pub. after Author’s Death by Wm. Rowley. Calf, tall 8vo, 260 pp. (Also) A New Atalantis. An Unfinished Work. 47 pp. Second ed., with the rare portrait not in later eds., very scarce. London, 1635.$7.00 1291. Barnard, George. Hand-Book of Foliage and Foreground Drawing. 12mo, 125 pp., plates, 1 stained. London, n. d.$1.75 1292. Blenkarn, John. British Timber Trees. Directions for Measurement and Valuations of Standing Timber, etc. 275 pp., uncut, woodcuts. London and N. York, 1859.$2.50 1293. Booth, John. Die Douglas-Fichte und Einige Andere Nadelholzer namentlich aus dem Nordwestlichen Amerika, etc. 92 pp., uncut, folding map, photos. Berlin, 1877.$3.00 1294. Boutcher, Wm. A Treatise on Forest Trees. Directions for Disposition, Planting and Culture of Hedges, etc. 4to, 259 pp., extra fine calf copy. Edinburgh, 1775.$5.00 1295. Cabinet Makers’ Guide. Rules and Instructions in Varnishing, Dyeing, Staining Wood, Ivory, etc. New Edition with Appendix. 16mo, uncut, orig. calico boards. Table of Weight of cube foot of different woods. Greenfield, Mass., 1825.$1.75 1296. Childs, Geo. Woodland Sketches. A Series of Characteristic Portraits of Trees. With Historical, Poetical and Miscellaneous Descriptions by the Author of “Sentiment of Flowers.” 4to, inlaid to folio size and extra illustrated by numerous fine old etchings and line engravings of notable trees, etc., half mor. London, 1839. Fuller description will be sent.$30.00 1297. Coleman, W. S. Our Woodlands, Heaths and Hedges. Popular Description of Trees, Shrubs, Wild Fruits, etc., with Notices of their Insect Inhabitants. 12mo, 198 pp., colored plates, cuts. London, 1866.$1.75 1298. Cooper, J. G., M. D. Forests and Trees of Northern America, as Connected with Climate and Agriculture. Pp. 416-445. Report of Patent Office for 1860. Frontis. and map. Wash., 1861.$1.25 1299. Elliott, F. R. Popular Deciduous and Evergreen Trees and Shrubs, etc. 16mo, 125 pp., illus. N. York, 1870.$1.00 1300. Ellis, Wm. Farming and Husbandry in All Sorts of Soils, According to the latest Improvements, by the Dublin Society. Nearly half of book devoted to Forestry. Old calf. Dublin, 1735.$1.50 1301. Emerson, G. B. A Report on the Trees and Shrubs Growing Naturally in the Forests of Massachusetts. 17 plates, in orig. pr. covers, uncut, fine copy, and rare in any state, much more so in such large paper. Boston, 1846.$3.75 1302. English Forests and Forest Trees, Historical, Legendary and Descriptive. Frontispiece and numerous illus., 406 pp., fine copy. London, 1853.$2.00 1303. Evelyn, John. Sylva. A Discourse of Forest-Trees and the Propagation of Timber. Terra; an Essay of Earth. Pomona; or, Appendix of Fruit Trees in Relation to Cider, etc., and Kalendarium Hortense. Third ed. Folio, calf, 412+38 pp., 2 title pp., name on first title-page, scarce. London, 1679.$6.00 1304. Evelyn, John. Same. Fourth Ed., with Terra, Pomona, Acetaria and Kalendarium Hortense. Folio, paneled calf, cracked, 384+275 pp., illus. Fine portrait of Evelyn. The best ed. London, 1706.$8.00 1305. Evelyn, John. Same. Fifth Ed. In 2 books. With Historical Account of Sacredness and Use of Standing Groves, Terra, Pomona, and Kalendarium Hortense. Folio, old calf, rebacked, 329+235 pp., title rubricated, fine copy. London, 1729.$5.50 1306. Fernow and Tratman. Report of Substitution of Metal for Wood in Railroad Ties. U. S. Dept. Agric, Forestry Div., Bull. Printed covers, 30 plates, valuable. Wash., 1890.$1.25 1307. Fisher, Wm. Richard. The Forest of Essex, Its History, Laws, Administration and Ancient Customs, and the Wild Deer Which Lived in it. 4to, 448 pp., illus., map, fac-simile grant. London, 1887.$6.00 1308. Forest Trees. 31 Mounted Sheets of American Forest Trees. School Cabinet of Forest Trees. Prepared by direction of Commissioner of Education, with supervision of Botanist, Dept. of Agric., Wash., D. C. The lot, loose in portfolio. Wash., 1876.$3.00 1309. Furnas, R. W. Arbor Day. 12mo, Boards, Portrait of J. Sterling Morgan, author of Arbor Day. Lincoln, Nebraska, 1888.$1.25 1309A. Gisborne, Thomas. Walks in a Forest, or, Poems Descriptive of Scenery and Incidents Characteristic of a Forest, at different seasons of the year. 16mo, calf, nice copy. Phila., Hall and Sellers, 1803.$1.75 1310. Goeppert, H. R. Monographie der Fossilen Coniferen, Mit Beruecksichtigung der Lebenden. 4to, pr. boards, 286 pp. + 73 pp., plain and colored plates. Leiden, 1850.$4.50 1311. Gordon, Geo., Assisted by Glendinning, Robt. The Pinetum. Synopsis of all the Coniferous Plants at Present Known, and comprising nearly 100 New Kinds. 353 pp., uncut. London, 1858.$4.00 1312. Grindon, Leo H. Trees of Old England. Sketches of the Aspects, Associations and Uses of the Forests, giving effect to the Scenery of our Native Country. First ed., illus., 96 pp., fine copy. Boston, 1868.$2.00 1313. Hale, P. M. The Woods and Timbers of N. Carolina. Compiled from the Botanical and Geol. Reports of Drs. Curtis, Emmons and Kerr, etc. Paper covers, 272 pp. Raleigh, 1890.$2.75 1314. Harvey, Alex. Trees and Their Nature, or, The Bud and Its Attributes. Told in Series of Letters to Author’s Sons. 12mo, 236 pp., illus. Author’s pres. copy. London, 1856.$1.50. 1315. Hough, Romeyn B. The American Woods, Exhibited by Actual Specimens and with Copious Explanatory Text. Vol. 1, Representing 25 Species by 27 sets of Sections. Vol. 1 only in orig. slip case, with clasp and 3 prospectuses of the work inserted. A fine example of this costly and unique work, even odd vols. of which are now extremely scarce. Lowville, N. Y. Pub. by the Author, 1888.$7.00 1316. Heath, Francis G. Autumnal Leaves. 12mo, full gilt, 352 pp., 12 colored plates. London, 1881.$2.50 1317. Heath, Francis G. Burnham Beeches. 12mo, full gilt, illus. London, 1879.$1.75 1318. Heath, Francis G. Sylvan Winter. full gilt, 354 pp., illus. London, 1886.$1.75 1319. Heath, F. G. Tree Gossip. Orig. cloth, uncut, illus. 176 pp., good copy. London, 1885.$2.25 1320. Heath, Francis G. Our Woodland Trees. 572 pp., full gilt, colored plates, illus. London, 1878.$3.00 1321. Hoopes, Josiah. Book of Evergreens. Practical Treatise on ConiferÆ or Cone-Bearing Plants. Illus., 435 pp. An authority of much value, fine copy, scarce. N. York [1868].$3.00 1322. Hough, F. B. Elements of Forestry. Creation and Care of Woodlands, etc. 381 pp., illus. Cincinnati, 1882.$2.00 1323. Howel, James. Dodona’s Grove, or, The Vocall Forest. The Last Ed., with the Addition of Two Other Tracts. England’s Tears for the Present Wars and The Pre-Eminence of Parlements. 16mo, orig. old calf, cracked, 189 pp. + 22 pp., folding plate, frontis. London, n. d.$3.00 1324. Huntington, A. E. Studies of Trees in Winter. A Description of the Deciduous Trees of Northeastern America. With an Introduction by C. S. Sargent. 70 full-page half tones from photographs by the Author and 12 colored plates by M. S. More. New, uncut, gilt tops. A Most useful Manual. Boston, 1905.$2.25 1324A. Jardins ou L’Art d’Embellir les Paysages Poeme par Delille. Finely illus. by engraved plates and woodcuts. Royal 8vo, half mor., rare. Paris, 1844.$5.75 1325. Jepson, Willis Linn. California, Trees of. Buckram, 228 pp., 125 orig. figures, plates, etc. A working manual of much value, as new, with Autogr. Letter of author inserted. San Francisco (1909).$3.00 1326. Johns, Rev. C. A. The Forest Trees of Britain. 431 pp. illus. London, and N. York, n. d.$2.50 1327. Junius, L. Moderatus Columella of Husbandry, in 12 Books. And His Book Concerning Trees. Trans. into English, with illus. from Pliny, Cato, Varro, etc. 4to, calf, 600 pp., + Index. London, 1745$6.00 1328. Kellogg & Greene. Illustrations of West American Oaks. From Drawings by the Late Albert Kellogg, M. D. The Text by Albert M. Greene. Pub. from Funds Provided by James M. McDonald, Esq., Quarto, 84 pp., 37 plates. Orig. cloth, privately printed. Very rare and indispensable to students of this branch. San Francisco, May, 1889.$9.50 1329. Kennion, Edward. An Essay on Trees in Landscape, or, an Attempt to shew the Propriety and Importance of Characteristic Expression in this branch of Art, and the Means of producing it, with Examples. Illus. with over 60 plates. This beautiful work was pub. with only 50 plates by Boydell & Co. and J. Newman, Colourman, London, 1815. Over this imprint H. G. Bohn has pasted his imprint of 1844, stating, “This Copy has, besides the Usual Number of 50 plates, 4 large unpublished Landscapes by Kennion and 6 Picturesque Studies of Trees, beautifully etched by H. W. Williams. In all Sixty Plates.” There are 48 pages of Text. Some of the plates are slightly spotted by damp. Royal 4to, half morocco, gilt. London, 1844.$15.00 1330. Kirby, Mary and Eliz. Chapters on Trees. Popular Account of their Nature and Uses. 12mo, 320 pp., illus. London, N. York, etc. (1873).$2.50 1331. Kollner, A. North American Foliage and Trees Drawn from Nature in leisure moments on wanderings in the U. S. and Canada. 13 lithographic views, size about 11 × 14 inches, showing characteristic trees, with name of locality. Loose in illus. paper cover, as issued, no text was published. (Phila., 1860.)$2.75 1331A. Loudon, J. C. History and Geography of the Trees and Shrubs of Britain. Vol. 1 of his Arboretum. With Index contents of the whole Series of 8 volumes. Includes Introduced American Species, with Habitat. 494 pp., illus., half calf. London, 1838.$3.00 1332. Marshall, Mr. On Planting and Rural Ornament. Practical Treatise. Third ed. 2 vols., calf, cracked. London, 1803.$3.75 1333. Michaux, Andre. Histoire des Chenes de L’Amerique, ou Descriptions et Figures de toutes les espÀces et varietÉs de ChÊnes de l’Amerique Septentrionale, considerÉes sous la rapports de la Botanique, de leur Culture et de leur Usage. Illus. with 36 fine copper plates. This fine and sumptuous Folio of Illustrations of the Oak Trees of North America preceded, by many years, Michaux’s well known and classic volumes on the North American Sylva, and is excessively rare. The text occupies 7 numbered pages followed by a Key and Generic Characters of 4 pages. Each of the plates is described by from 2 to 4 pages of text and the last printed page refers to Bibliography of the subject. Royal folio, old calf, back broken, front cover loose. Paris, 1801.$60.00 1334. Michaux, F. Andrew. The N. American Sylva, or, A Description of the Forest Trees of the U. States, Canada and Nova Scotia. Also, of the Most Useful of the European Forest Trees. Illus. by 150 colored engravings. Royal 8vo, as originally pub. in 6 vols., printed boards, uncut. In this original 6-vol. issue, the first and second half vols. are bound in 1, the remaining 5 half vols. are each separately bound. This set is in unusually fine condition both as to press work and coloring of plates. Instead of “150 plates” there are 156. Inside the front cover of vol. 1 is a printed slip of Conditions of Publication and Sale, giving the subscription price of the Colored Set as $36.75. This is the first English translation of this great work. Phila., T. Dobson and S. Conrad; Paris, Hautel, 1817-1819.$57.50 1335. Minnesota. Brown, Elton T. History of the Great Minnesota Forest Fires. 237 pp., illus. St. Paul [1894].$1.75 1336. Nelson, T. J. (City Solicitor.) The Speech of, For the Corporation of London before the Epping Forest Commissioners, Nov., 1876. Together with Map of the Forest Showing Unlawful Enclosures. Tall 8vo, pr. boards, 94 pp., large folding colored map, 3 feet by 18 inches, very scarce and valuable. London, 1876.$6.00 1337. Nelson, Wm. Manwood’s Treatise of the Forest Laws, Etc. Fourth ed., corrected and enlarged. Calf, cracked, 435 pp.+Table. Some of the Chapter Heads are:—“Hunting,” “Fox,” “Hare,” “Hind,” “Woods in Forests,” “Dogs in a Forest,” etc. London, 1717.$2.50 1338. New York State. Report of the Forestry Commission. Large colored map and views, 4 phototypes, 57 pp., pr. covers. Albany, 1885.$1.25 1339. Nicol, Walter. (Edited and Completed by Edward Sang.) The Planter’s Kalendar; or, The Nurseryman’s and Forester’s Guide in the Operations of Nursery, Forest and Grove. Orig. boards, cracked, uncut, 595 pp., 3 plates, 2 colored. Edinburgh, 1812.$2.00 1340. Phillips, Henry. Sylva Florifera, The Shrubbery Historically and Botanically treated, with observations on Ornamental Plantations and Picturesque Scenery. A most valuable historic work on Old English Trees and Shrubs. 2 vols., half mor., fine set. London, 1823.$3.00 1341. Pontey, Wm. The Forest Pruner, or, Timber Owner’s Assistant. Treatise on the Management of British Timber Trees (etc.). Examination of the Properties of English Fir Timber, the Management of Oak Woods. 277 pp., calf, eight folding plates, some colored, showing grain of the wood, very useful book. Huddersfield (1805).$2.50 1341A. Pontey, Wm. Same. Third Ed. Boards, cracked, uncut, 277 pp., 8 plates. London, 1810.$2.50 1341B. Pontey, Wm. Same. Fourth Edition. Boards, uncut, 248 pp. + Index, first 3 lines of title torn off, supplied in MS., 9 plates. Leeds, 1826.$2.00 1341C. Pontey, Wm. The Profitable Planter. Treatise on Theory and Practice of Planting Forest Trees, etc. Fourth ed., enlarged, with Appendix. Half calf, 267 pp., 1 plate, fine copy. London, 1814.$3.50 1342. Plants and Trees of Scripture. 16mo, gilt edges, 192 pp. London, (1860?)$1.00 1342A. Robinson, W. The Parks, Promenades and Gardens of Paris Considered in Relation to the Wants of Our Own Cities, etc. Royal 8vo, orig. figured cloth, 648 pp., uncut; first and best illus. ed., fine copy, rare. London, 1869.$5.00 1342B. Robinson, W. Same. Second Edition, Revised. Royal 8vo, uncut, 548 pp., illus. London, 1878.$3.00 1343. Rooke, Hayman. Descriptions and Sketches of Some Remarkable Oaks in the Park at Welbeck, Nottingham Co. 4to, uncut, 23 pp., 10 fine plates, extra fine copy. Very rare. London, 1790.$8.00 1344. Rossmakler, C. U. Der Wald, Den Freunden und Pflegern Des Waldes Geschildert. Zweite Auflage, durchgesehen, erganzt und verbessert von M. Willkomm. 671 pp., illus., colored maps. Leipzig und Heidelberg, 1871.$3.50 1345. Sargent, Chas. Sprague. The Sylva of North America. A description of the Trees which grow naturally in N. America, Exclusive of Mexico. Illus. with figures and Analysis drawn from Nature by Chas. Edward Faxon, and Engraved by Philibert and EugÉne Picart, with Index. A complete set, pub. at $350.00. which consumed twelve years in its publication. It is the most important work extant on the Forest Trees of N. America. With it is a letter from Mr. Sargent and another from the publishers regarding the work. 14 vols., royal 4to, boards, uncut, in fine condition. Houghton, Mifflin & Co., Boston, 1891-1902.$335.00 1346. Sargent, C. S. Catalogue of Forest Trees of N. America. Paper covers, 93 pp., printed on one side of paper, rare. Wash., 1880.$2.50 1347. Sargent, C. S. Report of the Forests of N. America (Exclusive of Mexico). 4to, 612 pp. Also large folio atlas of 16 colored maps. 2 vols. Wash., 1884.$4.50 1348. Sargent, C. S., and Robinson, J. The Native Woods of Essex Co., Mass. Account of General Distributions, Uses, Specific Gravity, Strength, etc. Author’s ed. Paper, 34 pp., uncut, 2 folding tables. Peabody Academy, Salem, 1885.$2.00 1349. Searle, January. Leaves from Sherwood Forest. 16mo, 180 pp., first ed., very rare. London, 1850.$2.25 1350. Sudworth, G. B. Check List of the Forest Trees of the U. S., their Names and Ranges. U. S. Dept. Agric. Forestry, Bull. No. 17. Paper, Wash., 1898.$1.25 1351. Synopsis of the Coniferous Plants Grown in Great Britain, and Sold by Knight and Perry, etc. 64 pp. London, circa. 1840.$2.75 1352. Thompson, James. Complete Treatise on Mensuration of Timber. [Containing New and Interesting Improvements, etc.,] with Descriptions of Sliding Rule and Gunter’s Scale. 16mo, calf, loose. Troy (N. Y., 1805).$1.50 1353. Timber Trees and Fruits. Illustrated with Wood Engravings. Library of Entert. Knowl. 12mo, half calf, 422 pp. London, 1830.$1.00 1354. Woodland Gleanings. 12mo, full gilt, 188 pp., illus., 1st ed., fine copy. London, 1837.$2.50 1355. (Wordsworth.) Sylvan Sketches, or, A Companion to the Park and Shrubbery, with Illustrations from the Works of the Poets. 408 pp., cracked, uncut, frontis. London, 1831.$2.00 1356. (Wordsworth.) Same. Boards, uncut, 408 pp. London, 1825.$2.25 |
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