[SCIENCE] AN ESSAY ON THE ORIGIN AND OPERATION OF THE DRY ROT, WITH A VIEW TO ITS PREVENTION OR CURE. TO WHICH ARE ANNEXED , SUGGESTIONS ON THE CULTIVATION OF FOREST TREES, AND AN ABSTRACT OF THE SEVERAL FOREST LAWS FROM THE REIGN OF CANUTE TO THE CURRENT TIME

London: J. Taylor, 1818. First Edition. Very Good binding. Quarto; in blue quarter calf over marbled board, with raised band and a morocco label to the spine; with three engraved plates; there is scattered foxing, more to the plates; with an errata slip with directions to the binder giving instructions re the placing of the plates.~~In which treatments for the dry rot of wood are explored, as well as a plea for cultivating more timber. Very Good binding.