107 - Agriculture - Forestry - Walther, Friedrich Ludwig. Handbook of Forestry Technology. 2nd edition, expanded with additions. With 29 folded copperplate engravings. Darmstadt, Heyer and Leske, 1818. 256, 61 pp., 1 leaf, 20.5 x 11.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with spine label and gilt lettering.

Agriculture - Forestry - Walther, Friedrich Ludwig. Handbook of Forestry Technology. 2nd edition, expanded with additions. With 29 folded copperplate engravings. Darmstadt, Heyer and Leske, 1818. 256, 61 pp., 1 leaf, 20.5 x 11.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding with spine label and gilt lettering. Divided into raft timber, construction timber, work timber, and commercial timber. — Walther (1759–1824), professor at the University of Giessen, “occupies a prominent position among the so-called forestry economists, who must be credited with having been the first to systematize the empirical knowledge of forestry from the previous century and thereby formally establishing the science of forestry.” (ADB). - A fine copy. *