Descriptions and Sketches of some Remarkable Oaks, in the Park at Welbeck, in the County of Nottingham, A Seat of His Grace the Duke of Portland. To Which are Added, Observations on the Age and Durability of that Tree. With remarks on the Annual Growth of the Acorn
London: Printed by J. Nichols, For the Author, 1790. First Edition. Quarto, 23 pages plus 10 full-page black-and-white engravings. Period paper covered boards. Hayman Rooke’s Descriptions and Sketches of Some Remarkable Oaks, in the Park at Welbeck is an important late eighteenth-century work of English natural history, topography, and arboriculture.....