Octavo, mottled calf (leather, hardcover), calf label, xii, [13] - 280 pp. Thirteen engraved plates, eleven of which are folding. First published in Philadelphia the year before, this is the first book devoted wholly to fruits to be published in America. Forsyth was ÒGardener to His Majesty at Kensington and St. James.Ó The plates depict methods of pruning, grafting, and training, with the tools used to do so. Very Good; very clean and tight; plates have some foxing.
View More...