Fatio de Duillier, Nicolas FRUIT-WALLS IMPROVED, BY INCLINING THEM TO THE HORIZON: OR, A WAY TO BUILD WALLS FOR FRUIT-TREES; WHEREBY THEY MAY RECEIVE MORE SUN SHINE, AND HEAT, THAN ORDINARY. LONDON: PRINTED BY R. EVERINGHAM; AND ARE TO BE SOLD BY JOHN TAYLOR, 1699 4to (8 3/4 x 7 in.; 222 x 178 mm). Engraved allegorical frontispiece, 2 engraved folding plates, engraved historiated initials and head- and tailpieces, all by Simon Gribelin engraved emblem on title-page, imprimatur of the Royal Society on verso of title-page, numerous tables; light discoloration to frontispiece and title-page and folding plate opposite A1, error in register after quire A (signed C–R) but retaining correct pagination. Nineteenth-century half calf over marbled boards, red speckled edges; rebacked.
Fatio de Duillier, Nicolas FRUIT-WALLS IMPROVED, BY INCLINING THEM TO THE HORIZON: OR, A WAY TO BUILD WALLS FOR FRUIT-TREES; WHEREBY THEY MAY RECEIVE MORE SUN SHINE, AND HEAT, THAN ORDINARY. LONDON: PRINTED BY R. EVERINGHAM; AND ARE TO BE SOLD BY JOHN TAYLOR, 1699 4to (8 3/4 x 7 in.; 222 x 178 mm). Engraved allegorical frontispiece, 2 engraved folding plates, engraved historiated initials and head- and tailpieces, all by Simon Gribelin engraved emblem on title-page, imprimatur of the Royal Society on verso of title-page, numerous tables; light discoloration to frontispiece and title-page and folding plate opposite A1, error in register after quire A (signed C–R) but retaining correct pagination. Nineteenth-century half calf over marbled boards, red speckled edges; rebacked.
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