MONTEATH, Robert ([dates unknown]). The Forester's Guide, Stirling, 1820, 8vo, 2 engraved plates, original pebbled cloth. FIRST EDITION. With 8 other books of related interest. The lot sold not subject to return. (9)

MONTEATH, Robert ([dates unknown]).  The Forester's Guide; or, a Practical Treatise on the Training and Pruning of Forest Trees ... To which is added, a Description of a Newly-Invented Machine for Measuring and Valuing Standing Trees. Stirling: Printed at the Journal office, by C. Munro and Co., 1820. Large 12mo (176 x 105mm). 2 folding engraved plates including one of the machine (some browning to title, plates offset onto text). [?]Original dark green pebbled cloth, spine lettered in gilt, marbled edges and endpapers. FIRST EDITION. On the title page the author is described as "Wood Surveyor and Valuator, Stirling." With 8 other books of related interest including W. Bohun's The Law of Tithes ([London], "In the Savoy", 1730, contemporary calf), [Joseph Wimpey's] Rural Improvements: or, Essays on the Most Rational Methods of Improving Estates ... By a Land Owner (London, 1775, contemporary calf), Rural Recreations; or Modern Farmer's Calendar [the author unknown, but the preface signed with printed initials "A. C. H."][bound with:] R. Hall. Elements of Botany; or an Introduction to the Sexual System of Linnaeus (London, 1802, [?]2 works in one vol. [?or published together], 6 plates in the first work [?only], 2 plates in the second work [?only], contemporary calf, worn), Walter Nicol's The Villa Garden Directory ... To be Done in Town and Villa Gardens, Shrubberies and Parterres: with Hints on the Treatment of Shrubs and Flowers, usually kept in the Green-Room, the Lobby, and the Drawing-Room (Edinburgh, 1809, contemporary half calf) and James Brown's The Forester (Edinburgh, 1847, original cloth). Provenance: from the Collection of the late Professor Bernard Nevill (1930-2019). The lot sold not subject to return. (9)