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Walter in the woods; or the trees and common objects of the forest described and illustrated. by Dalziel Brothers A. Faguet Charles-Francois Daubigny etc. . . .
1870réf. 58998London: T. Nelson and Sons Pternoster Row 1870. 12mo. viii 9-160 pp. Woodcut-engraved vignette on title woodcut engraved frontisp. woodcut engraved illustrations throughout some as borders plates text illustrations. Publisher’s decorated red cloth over beveled boards gilt & black ornamental borders & lettering blue-tinted plate mounted front cover brown clay-sized endpapers a.e.g. very minor edgewear to lower corners slight bumping to rear corner still VG bright copy w/ former ownership markings on 2nd flyleaf. First edition of this second title in the “Walter” series by the author of the “Walter at the Sea-side” a popular work on marine zoology for young people. This volume explores the arboreal residents of Southern England’s New Forest first proclaimed a Royal Forest in 1079 at the time 150 acres of protected hunting lands. Inter-weaved are poetry and anecdotes of oaks chestnuts elms birches conifers cypress ”Graveyard Trees” and even describes the California Sequoia and its attributes. Mary Greg 1809-1895 worked with her husband in establishing “The Mount” where she assisted her husband Samuel Greg II 1804-1876 British industrialist and Unitarian philanthropist and lecturer on scientfic subjects to the workers of Macclesfield. She was a close friend of the poet and author Elizabeth Gaskell who often stayed with the family and was a frequent correspondent while Mary Greg wrote on natural history and religious topics. See: Marie Moss Travelling the Literary Trail The Gaskell Society Newsletter Aug. 2000 pp. 8-10. T. Nelson and Sons, Pternoster Row, hardcover
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