The woodlands: or, a treatise On the preparing of ground for planting; on the planting; on the cultivating; on the pruning; and on the cutting down of Forest Trees and Underwoods.
London.
Printed and published by William Cobbett, 1825.
First edition.
8vo.
[340]pp. Original publisher's blind-stamped brown cloth, lettered in gilt to spine. Rubbed and marked, corners bumped. Book-label of S. Lord, surgeon dentist of Blackburn to FEP, scattered spotting.
A guide to woodland farming by journalist, politican and farmer William Cobbett (1763-1835), a member of an agrarian faction seeking to reform parliament through the abolition of 'rotten boroughs'. An advocate for the rights of farm labourers, Cobbett's action contributed to the 1832 Reform Bill and earned him one of two new seats for Oldham.
£ 100.00
Antiquates Ref: 18254
