A TREATISE ON THE CULTURE AND MANAGEMENT OF FRUIT TREES; IN WHICH A NEW METHOD OF PRUNING AND TRAINING IS FULLY DESCRIBED. TOGETHER WITH OBSERVATIONS ON THE DISEASES, DEFECTS, AND INJURIES, IN ALL KINDS OF FRUIT AND FOREST TREES; AS ALSO, AN ACCOUNT OF A PARTICULAR METHOD OF CURE, MADE PUBLIC BY ORDER OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT. BY...GARDENER TO HIS MAJESTY AT KENSINGTON AND ST. JAMES'S. TO WHICH ARE ADDED, AN INTRODUCTION AND NOTES, ADAPTING THE RULES OF THE TREATISE TO THE CLIMATE AND SEASONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. BY WILLIAM COBBETT.

Philadelphia: 1802. Original calf, rebacked. xii, 259 pp, complete with half title. Thirteen engraved plates, most folding. Very Good.

This or the New York printing is the first edition, evidently the first book published in America to be devoted wholly to fruit trees. It was followed by Albany and Philadelphia printings the next year, and was originally printed in London without Cobbett's introduction and notes. Each plate is of a different tree, and is accompanied by explanatory text. Cobbett's introduction informs that the importance of producing hardier fruit trees in America warrants his temporary withdrawal from the political scene to adapt Forsyth's work.
AI 2236 [4]. Rink 1642. Sabin 25155. Not in Eberstadt, Decker. Item #29754

Price: $450.00

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