Nicol (Walter)The Scotch Forcing Gardener, first edition,half-title, errata leaf and five folding engraved plates at end, G7 with small chip to fore-margin, browning, some spotting and soiling, occasional slight cockling, plates spotted and trimmed a little unevenly at fore-margin, with a couple short marginal tears, hinges cracked but holding firm, near contemporary half calf over marbled boards, quite worn, small loss to foot of lower joint, Edinburgh, for the Author, 1797 § [Lowry (Delvalle)] Conversations on Mineralogy, 2 vol., first edition,hand-coloured folding engraved frontispiece and 11 folding engraved plates, vol. 1 without advertisements at start, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front endpaper, frontispiece lightly offset and with short tear to fold repaired to verso, vol. 1 title with small chip to upper corner, foxing and light browning to plates and endpapers, plates to vol. 2 a little creased and frayed at fore-edge, contemporary half calf, spines with morocco labels but sunned, rubbed, 1822; and others, natural history related, including botany, arboriculture and geology, v.s. (c.25)
Nicol (Walter)The Scotch Forcing Gardener, first edition,half-title, errata leaf and five folding engraved plates at end, G7 with small chip to fore-margin, browning, some spotting and soiling, occasional slight cockling, plates spotted and trimmed a little unevenly at fore-margin, with a couple short marginal tears, hinges cracked but holding firm, near contemporary half calf over marbled boards, quite worn, small loss to foot of lower joint, Edinburgh, for the Author, 1797 § [Lowry (Delvalle)] Conversations on Mineralogy, 2 vol., first edition,hand-coloured folding engraved frontispiece and 11 folding engraved plates, vol. 1 without advertisements at start, contemporary ink ownership inscription to front endpaper, frontispiece lightly offset and with short tear to fold repaired to verso, vol. 1 title with small chip to upper corner, foxing and light browning to plates and endpapers, plates to vol. 2 a little creased and frayed at fore-edge, contemporary half calf, spines with morocco labels but sunned, rubbed, 1822; and others, natural history related, including botany, arboriculture and geology, v.s. (c.25)
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