The Glaisdale Agricultural Library - 30 September

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THE GLAISDALE AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY The Auction Centre, Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5SG 01969 623780 enquiry@tennants-ltd.co.uk www.tennants.co.uk

The Private Collection of a Yorkshire Agriculturalist FRIDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2022

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2022 AUCTION DATES Saturday 20 August Costume, Accessories & Textiles Saturday 20 August Antiques & Interiors Friday 2 September Natural History & Taxidermy Friday 2 September Fine Wine & Whisky

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Each year Tennants holds over 80 auctions and handles in excess of 40,000 lots covering all major disciplines, making it one of the UK’s busiest salerooms.

THE BOOK DEPARTMENT The Book Department encompasses a broad range of collecting areas from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, which are sold alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, autographed letters and historic documents.

Friday 9 September Antiques & Interiors Friday 16 & Saturday 17 September Country House Saturday 17 September Jewellery, Watches & Silver Wednesday 21 September Militaria & Ethnographica Instruments, Cameras & Tools

Held four times a year, the specialist Book sales incorporate both private collections and libraries, and single lots from vendors across the United Kingdom.

Notable recent sales include an album of spectacular 18th and 19th century botanical watercolours, including examples by George Dionysus Ehret and Ferdinand Bauer, which sold for £170,000. A very rare 17th Century Copybook sold for £35,000, which was part of the sale of Selected Contents of Forcett Hall, North Yorkshire, as instructed by the Executors of the late J.H. Edwards-Heathcote Esq.. The illustrated copybook, demonstrating calligraphy, handwriting and arithmetic, was completed by Sarah North in 1686, a student under private tutor Elizabeth Beane ‘mistress in the art of writing and arithmetic’. The Department was also chosen to handle the Roger Casson Collection, an important private library of polar exploration, travel and local history books. The single-owner sale achieved a total hammer price of £220,000.

Antiquarian books are also sold in the Country House Sales, and quantities of books are regularly sold in the fortnightly Antiques and Interiors Sales.

Friday 23 September Antiques & Interiors Wednesday 28 September Scientific & Musical Instruments, Cameras & Tools Friday 30 September The Glaisdale Agricultural Library: The Private Collection of a Yorkshire Agriculturalist Saturday 7 October Antiques & Interiors Saturday 8 October Motor Cars, Motorbikes & Automobilia Saturday 15 October 20th Century Design

Catalogue compiled by Ian Marr Ian Marr, based in Edinburgh, has been cataloguing and valuing rare books and manuscripts, on behalf of institutions and private clients, for over 35 years.

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THE GLAISDALE AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY The Private Collection of a Yorkshire Agriculturalist FRIDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2022 AT 10.30AM

AUCTION The Auction Centre, Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5SG

VIEWING Wednesday 28 September 10.00am to 4.00pm Thursday 29 September 10.00am to 4.00pm Morning of Sale from 8.00am

Live bidding is available on this sale by registering at www.tennants.co.uk All lots illustrated online at www.tennants.co.uk

CONTACT Telephone: 01969 623780 enquiry@tennants-ltd.co.uk www.tennants.co.uk

FRONT COVER Lot 22 BACK COVER Lot 134

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THE GLAISDALE AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY The Private Collection of a Yorkshire Agriculturalist

Detail from Joseph Blagrave, ‘The Epitome of the Art of Husbandry’, 1685

Martin Henry Burtt was a well-known figure in the agricultural community, who took over the farm at York House, Glaisdale on the North York Moors in 1967, which is now run by one of his triplet sons. Fascinated by farming from childhood, he developed a keen and enquiring interest in the subject and was an innovative and far-thinking practitioner from his early days at York House. Indeed, he was the first to own a Charolais bull in the area and the first to bring in Texel sheep, both of which are now firmly established across Yorkshire farms. Burtt was heavily involved with the National Farmers’ Union for over fifty years, serving on numerous committees including the Dairy Board, the Wages Board and the Hill Farming Committee, which he chaired, and rising to become the Deputy National Chairman under Sir Ben Gill.

Burtt assembled his collection over several decades, and was well known at auction houses and amongst the antiquarian book trade. The utilitarian nature of the books, and their day-to-day use by generations of agriculturalists often meant that the books were in need of some tender loving care. Martin took great pains to have his books and their bindings repaired or replaced sympathetically, thus preserving them for posterity.

The collection is strong in books from the 16th to 18th centuries, coinciding with the transition from an era when it was considered dubious to attempt to improve on God’s Creation, to the advent, in the 18th century, of the Age of Reason, with its huge rise in literacy, invention, experimentation and applied rationality. The provenances of the books reflect the abiding interest in the subject by everyone from the aristocracy (the Earl of Ilchester, Earl Fitzwilliam, Earl De La Warr) to smallholders.

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Detail from Charles Estienne & Jean Liebault, ‘Maison Rustique or the Country Farm’, 1606

The great agricultural writers all appear in the collection, Plat, Mascal, Hartlib, Heresbach, Estienne and Liebault, Markham and others from the early days, through the eighteenth century with Jethro Tull and Arthur Young, and on into the nineteenth century. Each generation of authors built on the work of previous generations, as seen in the first Gervase Markham edited edition (Lot 66), 1616, of Estienne and Liebault’s “Maison Rustique”, which had first appeared in English in 1600 (Lot 64), and is also present in this collection in the 1554, Paris edition (Lot 65). Regionally, Yorkshire and Scotland are particularly well represented, but there are also many provincial printings from all over the UK and Ireland (Dublin), as well as one book published in America in 1818 (Lot 99).

As well as obvious subjects connected with farming and husbandry, such as breeding of livestock, improvements in land use, crops, developments in agricultural technology, veterinary practices and recipes, and so forth, there are many other niche subjects covered, from hunting and falconry, to brewing and cheese making, gardening and botany, bee keeping and dogs, and much more. There is even a book about rat catching, written by Princess Amelia’s personal rat catcher in 1768 (lot 146).

Anybody with an interest in the countryside will be able to spend many happy hours perusing the books during the viewing days. With so many agricultural practices being currently reviewed from an environmental and economic perspective, the old books on farming and allied arts have a new currency.

Detail from Jethro Tull, ‘The New Horse-Houghing Husbandry’, 1731

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1 1 ADAM (James) Practical Essays on Agriculture, 2 vols, 8vo, tree calf gilt, contemp. engr. bookplate of Chris Jeaffreson of Dullinghame, 1st Edn., L., 1789; [WIGHT (Andrew)] Present State of Husbandry in Scotland, 4 vols in 6, 8vo, tree calf gilt (rubbed), contemp. bookplate of Robert Oliphant of Rossie, Edinburgh, 1778, 1783, 1784 (8) £250-400

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AGRICOLA (Georg Andreas) & BRADLEY (Richard) A Philosophical Treatise of Husbandry and Gardening being a New Method of Cultivating and Increasing all sorts of Trees, Shrubs, and Flowers. By. A. Agricola . . . Translated . . . Revised . . . By Richard Bradley, 4to, 31 plates on 22 ff. (13 double-page), contemporary panel calf (expertly rebacked), 1st Edn., L., 1721 Fussell p.109; Henrey 411; Hunt p.74. Bookplate of Ernest Debenham. £300-400

AITON (William) A Treatise on the Dairy Breed of Cows and Dairy Husbandry, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, 2 sugar-aquatints printed in bistre, 1 engr. plate, later half calf, 1st Edn., Edinburgh, 1825; DRURY (Charles) Recent and Important National Discoveries . . . Feeding of Cattle [etc.], 8vo, printed boards (rebacked), 3rd Edn., L., 1815 (2) £150-200

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4 4 AITON (William) A Treatise on the Origin, Qualities, and Cultivation of Moss-Earth, 8vo, later quarter calf, 1st Edn., Glasgow, 1805; [ARBUTHNOT (James)] A True Method of treating Light Hazely Ground . . . by a Society of Farmers in Buchan, 8vo, later half calf, Edinburgh, 1811 (2) The first item is a rare pamphlet about peat moss; peat and its uses being much in the news right now. The second item, with presentation inscription (slightly cropped) to the Earl of Hadington, is a reprint of a very rare pamphlet that originally appeared in 1735. £100-150

5 5 [ALMON (J.) publisher:] The Complete Grazier, 12mo, pp. xii (lacks half-title but includes prelim advert leaf), 252, calf (rebacked), L., Almon,1767; together with: [ANON] The Country Gentleman’s Companion, 2 vols, 12mo, green half-morocco by Roach, L., for the Author, 1753 (3) For the first work, cf. Dingley 197; not in Fussell or Smith. Contents include cheese making, fish ponds, as well as livestock, poultry, etc., references to North Essex. The second work has been sometime linked to the earlier works of Gervase Markham. £100-200 www.tennants.co.uk

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6 6 AMOS (William) The Theory and Practice of the Drill-Husbandry; Founded upon Philosophical Principles, and confirmed by Experience, 4to, half-title, pp. xvi, 244, 8 folding plates, tree calf (rebacked), 1st Edn., L.,1794 Provenance: contemp. ink owner name on title of Richard Bethell.

Not in Fussell. £100-200

8 8 7 7 AMOS (William) Minutes in Agriculture and Planting . . . Illustrated with Specimens of Eight Sorts of the Best and Two Sorts of the Worst Natural Grasses, 4to, half-title, 10 specimens of dried grass on 3 ff., each with original printed label, 9 engraved plates (2 hand-coloured), contemp. ms. index at end, rebound in quarter calf, 1st Edn., Boston [Lincs.], Printed by J. Hellaby, 1804 £300-400 6

ANDERSON (James) A Practical Treatise on Draining Bogs and Swampy Grounds, 8vo, folding engr. plate, woodcut text illus. incl. 2 full-page, contemp. flamed calf (rubbed), 1st Edn., L., 1797; JOHNSTONE (John) An Account of the Most Approved Mode of Draining, 8vo, no half-title, 19 plans, half calf, 2nd Edn., L., 1801; TIBBS (Thomas) The Experimental Farmer, 8vo, signed by author verso the title, half calf, 1st Edn., L., [1806] (3) £100-200 All lots subject to a buyer’s premium of 26.4% inclusive of VAT @ 20%

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[ANDERSON (James)] Essays Relating to Agriculture and Rural Affairs, 8vo, 3 folding plates, calf, Pitt family bookplate, 1st Edn., Edinburgh, 1775 Anderson (1739-1808) was employed by William Pitt to survey the fisheries. This is his first book on farming. Goldsmiths’ 11233; Higgs 6213; Kress S.4796; Perkins 47; Rothamsted, p.13. £100-200

[ANON] The Complete Family-Piece And Country Gentleman and Farmer’s Best Guide, 12mo, pp. xii, 526, (62), old calf (worn, title browned and margins repaired, index leaf Dd in part facsimile), 2nd Edn., L., 1737; [NORTH (Roger)] The Gentleman Farmer,. . . [bound with] A Discourse of Fish and Fish Ponds, 12mo, pp. [6], 38; [4], 94, [2], [12, Curll catalogue], quarter morocco (worn), L., 1727; McCONNELL (Primrose) Note-Book of Agricultural Facts, covers a/f, 8th Edn., L., 1910 (3) £150-200

10 10 Select Essays on Husbandry, 8vo, 2 plates, 1 folding table, calf (rubbed), Pallinsburn copy, 1st Edn., Edinburgh, 1767; YOUNG (David) National Improvements upon Agriculture, 8vo, 1 engr. folding plan, calf, 1st Edn., Edinburgh, 1785; JOHNSTONE (John) Chap. XII of the General Report of Scotland. On Draining, 8vo, 17 folding plans, Edinburgh, 1812, bound in full calf with: “Sketch of Chap. XIII . . . On Embankments, 4 folding plans, Edinburgh, 1813 (3) £150-200

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12 12 [ANON] A Course of Experiments and Improvements in Agriculture, 12mo, pp. iv, 118, [2, adverts], recent calf, Dublin, Hoey, 1760 Not in Henrey. ESTC locates a single copy, at the Royal Irish Academy. £100-200

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13 13 [ARBUTHNOT (James)] An Inquiry into the Connection between the present price of Provisions, and the size of Farms. With remarks on Population as affected thereby.

To which are added, proposals for preventing future scarcity. By a Farmer, 8vo, pp. [8], 146, recent half calf, 1st Edn. with the half-title, L., 1773; GYLLENBORG (Gustavus) Natural and Chemical Elements of Agriculture. Translated . . . by John Mills, 12mo, with errata slip but lacking half-title, calf (rebacked) with “Board of Agriculture 1802” gilt lettered on upper cover, L., 1770 (2) £200-400

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14 14 ARBUTHNOT (John) Culture and Curing of Madder, 8vo, pp.

[2], 9, [1], text illus., modern quarter calf, 1st Edn., Dublin, 1800; [HOLKHAM HALL] BLAIKIE (Francis) On the Conversion of Arable Land into Pasture, 12mo, pp. 42, recent half calf, L., [1817]; and A bound collection of 5 pamphlets: FORDYCE’s Elements, 4th Edn., L., 1789, & DILLON’s Foreign Agriculture, 1796, & MUNNINGS’s Account of . . .Turnips, Norwich n.d. & SKURRAY, Observations on . . .Summer Wheat, L., 1813, & Hints to Farmers on the Culture of Potatoes, L., 1813 (3 vols) £150-250 All lots subject to a buyer’s premium of 26.4% inclusive of VAT @ 20%

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15 15 BAILEY (J.) & CULLEY (G.) General View of the Agriculture of Northumberland and Cumberland, 8vo, folding map frontis., 11 plates, 2 maps, half calf, Newcastle, 1797 £70-120

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16 16 BAILEY (John) An Essay on the construction of the Plough, deduced from Mathematical Principles, 8vo, pp. [8], 71 (1), 4 engr. folding plates, contemp. calf (rebacked), Newcastle, 1795 1st Edn., with the engraved bookplate of the agriculturalist and prolific author Arthur Young. £150-250

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BAKER (John Wyn) Experiments in Agriculture . . . in the Year 1764, 8vo, pp. [4], xii, 176, 6 folding calendar tables, [8, index], 1st Edn., Dublin, 1765, bound with BAKER (John Wyn) A Plan for Instructing Youths in the Knowledge of Husbandry, 8vo, pp. 16, Dublin, 1765; BAKER (John Wyn) Experiments in Agriculture . . in the Year 1765, 8vo, pp. xvi, 87 (1), 1st Edn., Dublin, 1766, bound with CLARIDGE (John) The Sh[e]pherd of Banbury’s Rules, 2nd Edn., L., 1748; BAKER (John Wyn) To His Excellency . . .and to . . .The Dublin Society, The following remonstrance, 8vo, pp. 104, title with small hole, 1st Edn., Dublin, 1769 (3) £300-500

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18 BAKEWELL (Robert) Observations on the Influence of Soil and Climate upon Wool . . ., 8vo, untrimmed, rebound in later half calf, 1st Edn., L., 1808 £150-200

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19 [BALL (John) erstwhile attributed to:] The Farmer’s Compleat Guide, through all the articles of his Profession, 8vo, pp. vi, 418, contemp. calf, owner name of Juckes Egerton, Trelydan, L., 1760; [ANON] Useful and Practical Observations on Agriculture . . . By a Clergyman, 12mo, pp. [4], 232, [4], calf, an early note on the title suggests “Dr. Trusler,” as the author, L., 1783; RINGSTED (Josiah) The Farmer, 8vo, dampstained, recent half calf, L., ca. 1800; TRUSLER (Dr. John) Practical Husbandry, 3rd Edn., L., 1780 (4) £300-400

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21 20 20 BANISTER (John) A Synopsis of Husbandry, 8vo, half calf, 1st Edn., L., 1799; [H. (A.C.)] Rural Recreations; or Modern Farmer’s Calendar and Monthly Instructor, 8vo, engr. frontis., 20 engr. plates, 1st Edn., L., 1802 bound in tree calf (rebacked) with HALL’s Elements of Botany, 1802; TRUSLER (Dr. John) Practical Husbandry, 8vo, half calf, 2nd Edn., L., 1785 (3) £150-250 www.tennants.co.uk

21 BATH AND WEST OF ENGLAND SOCIETY. Letters and Papers on Agriculture, Planting, &c. Selected from the Correspondence, 2 vols, 8vo, 4 folding tables, 2 folding colour-printed plates of grasses, 28 engraved plates (machinery etc.), contemp. half calf (rubbed, small hole with loss of text to one page), Bath, Cruttwell, 1802 (2) £100-150

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[BLAGRAVE (Joseph) The Epitomie of the Art of Husbandry, 2 vols in 1, sm. 8vo, additional engr. pictorial titles to both parts (bound at the front), pp. (viii), 246; 136, (8), slight foxing, 19th c. half calf (rubbed), L., Billingsley, 1685 Wing B3118 & 3120A; unstated 4th edn., Fussell I, pp. 76-7. Diverse contents covering livestock, bees, horses, gardening, songbirds, etc. £400-600

22 BLACK (James, “of Morden, in Surry” [sic]) Observations 0n the Tillage of the Earth, and on the Theory of Instruments adapted to this End, 4to, h.-t., title, pp. 42, 11 folding plates, contemp. sprinkled calf (recased & rebacked), L., Elmsly, 1777.

First Edition. Gilt lettering “Board of Agriculture 1802,” to upper cover. £300-400

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26 24 26 24 BLITH (Walter) The English Improver Improved, Or a New Survey of Husbandry, sm.

4to, lacks prelim blank, title and ded’n ff. remargined, contemp. calf (repairs), 1st Edn., 2nd issue., L., Wright, 1649 [Fussell pp.51-52; McDonald pp.97-103; Wing B3193]; together with a copy of the 2nd Edn., 1652, with the additional pictorial title and one folding plate in facsimile, pp. 257-262 torn across and repaired, etc. (2, w.a.f.) £200-300

[BOARD OF AGRICULTURE] Communications to the Board of Agriculture on subjects relative to the Husbandry and internal improvement of the Country, 4to, 2 vols, i.e.

“Vol. 1”, Parts I. & II, + “Vol. 1,” Parts III & IV, 54 plates on 51 ff. separately but uniformly bound, untrimmed in recent quarter calf, slipcase, L., W. Bulmer, 1797 Contributions by Sir John Sinclair, Robert Beatson, John Jay, George Washington, Dr. Priestley, and many others; parts 3 & 4 cover America, the East Indies and Europe. Further volumes of the “Communications” continued into the 19th century £150-250

25 25 BLITH (Walter) The English Improver, or a New Survey of Husbandry, sm. 4to, 14 ff., pp. 168, 4 ff. table, (title imprint partially cropped, some close cutting, 1st Edn., [L.]. 1649: bound with: BLITH (Walter) The English Improver Improved, engraved additional title, cropped, and 1 only of 2 engraved plates, other minor defects, L., [1652]: bound with: MASCALL, The Government of Cattel, lacks the 2 folding plates, L., 1662 (3 vols in 1, w.a.f.)

Wing B3193, B3195, M903A £400-700

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27 27 MOUBRAY (Bonington), pseud. [i.e. LAWRENCE (John)] A Treatise on Poultry, Pigeons and Rabbits, with a Practical Account of the Egyptian Method of Hatching Eggs, 12mo, contemp. half calf, L., 1815 The First Edition, this copy with the engraved bookplate of the Earl of Ilchester on the front paste-down. £100-150 13

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[BOSWELL (George)] A Treatise on Watering Meadows, 8vo, pp. [6], (3)-108, [2, errata], 4 folding plates, recent quarter calf, 1st Edn., L., 1779; WRIGHT (T.) The Art of Floating Land, as practised in the County of Gloucester, . . . with a particular examination of what Mr. Boswell . . . and others, have written, 8vo, pp. [4], 95 (1), 3 folding plates, later quarter navy roan, 1st Edn., L., 1799 (2) £200-300

BRADLEY (Richard) A Complete Body of Husbandry, 8vo, 4 folding plates, calf (rebacked), 1st Edn., L., 1727; New Improvements of Planting and Gardening, 8vo, frontis. & 13 plates (10 folding), browning to contents, panel calf (rebacked), 5th Edn., L., 1726; & a defective copy of “A General Treatise”, n.d. (3) £100-150

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30 BRADLEY (Richard) The Country Gentleman and Farmers Monthly Director, 8vo, panel calf (rebacked), ms. notes on f.e.p.’s, 6th Edn., L., 1736; BRADLEY (R.) The Gentleman and Farmers Guide for the Increase and Improvement of Cattle . . . Also the beste Manner of Breeding, and Breaking Horses both for Sport and Burden, 8vo, engr. frontispiece & 4 plates, panel calf (rebacked), 3rd Edn., L., 1739 (2) £100-200

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31 31 BRADLEY (Richard) A General Treatise of Husbandry and Gardening, 3 vols, 8vo, 15 engr. plates (some folding), panel calf (spines worn, some browning), 1st Edn., L., 1724; BRADLEY (R.) New Improvements of Planting and Gardening, 8vo, frontis. & 9 plates only (creased, 1 marginal strengthening), later half calf, 5th Edn. with Appendix, L., 1726 (4) £100-200

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BRADLEY (Richard) A Survey of the Ancient Husbandry and Gardening, Collected from Cato, Varro, Columella, Virgil, and others . . ., 8vo, 4 plates on 2 ff., panel calf (rebacked), 1st Edn., L., 1725; RANDALL (J.) The Semi-Virgilian Husbandry, 8vo, 3 plates, calf (rebacked), 1st Edn., L., 1764; VARRO (M. Terentius) The Three Books . . . concerning Agriculture, Translated by Rev. T. Own, 8vo, tree calf, Oxford, 1800; [BENSON (W.)] Virgil’s Husbandry, 8vo, 2 engr. plates, recent calf, L., Innys, 1724 (4) Four diverse texts displaying Antiquity’s influence on agriculture, etc. £150-200

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33 BROWN (Robert) General View of the Agriculture of the West Riding of Yorkshire, 8vo, folding map frontis., speckled calf (edges rubbed, hinges cracked), 1st Edn., Edinburgh, 1799; RENNIE, BROUN, & SHIRREFF General View of the Agriculture of the West Riding of Yorkshire, 4to, 1 map, L., Bulmer, 1794, [bound in recent half calf with:] LEATHAM (I.) General View of the Agriculture of the East Riding of Yorkshire, hand-col’d map, 7 plates, L., Bulmer, 1794 [and] TUKE (John) General View of the Agriculture of the North Riding of Yorkshire, handcol’d map, L., Bulmer, 1794 (2) The second work comprises three seminal texts on Yorkshire agriculture, printed by London’s foremost printer of the day. £100-150

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35 35 CARPENTER (J.) A Treatise on Agriculture, 2 vols, 8vo, engr. folding frontis., 2 plates (close cut), later full leather, Stourbridge, Printed for the Author, 1803,1805 (2) Diverse contents including bee-keeping, how to manage male and female servants, prevent thieving, etc. £100-150 34 34 [IRELAND] BURROUGHS (Edward) Essays 0n Practical Husbandry and Rural Economy, 8vo, untrimmed and part unopened, contemp. calf (rebacked), Dublin, 1828; WHITE (John) An Essay on the Indigenous Grasses of Ireland, 8vo, 2 folding hand-col’d engr. plates, ex-lib RASE (stamp verso title & bookplate), calf (rebacked), 1st Edn., Dublin, 1808; [ANON] A Treatise on Practical Husbandry, collected from the most approved writers ... By an experienced farmer, 8vo, mottled calf, Dublin, 1792 (3) £150-250

36 CLARKE (Cuthbert) The True Theory and Practice of Husbandry: deduced from Philosophical Researches and Experience. To which is annexed . . . A Compendium of Mechanics, 4to, pp. xii, 363 (1), 5 folding engr. plates, mottled calf (amateur strengthening to inner hinges, rebacked), 1st Edn., L., 1777 Gilt lettering “Board of Agriculture 1802,” to upper cover. £200-400

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37 37 CLATER (Francis) Every Man His Own Cattle Doctor, 8vo, foxed, pp. 246/7 cut down and re-inserted, half calf, L., 1810; another copy, aquatint frontis., pale dampstains, original printed boards, 4th Edn., 1814; TINDALL (John) Observations on the Breeding and Management of Neat Cattle, 12mo, half calf, with a t.l.s. from the RVS to Norman Comben re deaccessioning loose within, 2nd Edn., L., 1834; BARLOW (Henry) The Cattle Keepers Guide, 16mo, frontis., cloth gilt, Halifax, 1863 (4) £100-200

38 COLUMELLA Junius Moderatus, Of Husbandry in Twelve Books: and his book concerning Trees, 4to, foxed, calf (rebacked), L., 1745; LISLE (Edward) Observations in Husbandry, 4to, engr. portrait frontis., rebound, 1st Edn., L., 1757 (2) £150-300

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39 39 COOKE (George) The Complete English Farmer, 12mo, engr. frontis., lacking some advert. leaves at the back, later calf, L., n.d., ca. 1770; FAIRFAX (Thomas) The Complete Sportsman, 12mo, engr. frontis., calf, L., ca. 1760; FAIRFAX (J) The Complete Sportsman, L., 1795, bound with: [HOGG (W.)] The Complete English Farmer, ca. 1780; [ANON] A New System of Agriculture . . .By a Country Gentleman, 12mo, recent half calf, L., 1755; VARLO (C.) The Floating Ideas of Nature, 2 vols, 12mo, defective folding table, etc., calf gilt, L., 1795, 1796 (6, w.a.f.) £200-300

40 COOKE (James) Reference to the annexed plate of a Patent Drill Machine, with a six-share Horse-Hoe . . ., 8vo, caption title, engr. frontispiece, pp.

20, untrimmed in modern calf, foxing, L. [1789] One of at least 4 issues, all published ca.

1789, all rare, and this one an apparently unrecorded variant. The plate here is dated Jan. 1st, 1789. £100-200

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41 CULLEY (George) Observations on Live Stock, 8vo, calf (rebacked), 1st Edn., L., 1786; a copy of the Third Edition, with 2 plates & folding table, L., 1807; ADAMS (George) A Treatise on a New System of Agriculture, and Feeding of Stock, 8vo, engr. frontis., folding plate at end, signed by author on p. 29, later half calf, 1st Edn., Kidderminster, [1810] (3) £250-400

42 CULLEY (George) Observations on Live Stock, 8vo, 2 engr. plates, tree calf, 2nd Edn., L., 1794; bound with: HOWLETT (J.) ENCLOSURES, A Cause of improved Agriculture, 8vo, slight foxing, L., 1787 £100-150

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43 [GRASSES] ROCQUE (B.) A Practical Treatise on Cultivating Lucern Grass . . ., 8vo, pp. 55 (1), recent half calf, L., 1765; Practical Observations on the Culture of Lucerne, Turnips, Burnet, Timothy Grass, and Fowl Meadow Grass, communicated by Letters to Dr. Templeman, 8vo, pp. [4], 66, recent half calf, gutter of last f. repaired, L., F. Newbery, 1766; together with the 2nd (1790) 4th (1805) 5th (1805) & the 6th Edns. (1824) of CURTIS’s Practical Observations on British Grasses (6) £200-400

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CURWEN (John) Hints on the Economy of Feeding Stock, and bettering the Condition of the Poor, 8vo, 5 engr. plates, 3 folding tables, diced calf (rebacked, some waterstains, foxing, etc., small tear in centre of t.p)., 1st Edn., L., 1808 £100-150

[DALRYMPLE (Sir John)] An Essay on the Husbandry of Scotland, 8vo, pp. 22, sole edition, Edinburgh, 1732; [GRANT (Archibald, attributed to)] Dissertation on the Chief Obstacles to the Improvement of Land, 8vo, later half calf, Aberdeen, 1760 (2) £150-250

46 DARWIN (Erasmus) Phytologia; or the Philosophy of Agriculture and Gardening. With the Theory of Draining Morasses, and with an improved construction of the Drill Plough, 4to, pp. viii, 612, 6 ff. index, 12 plates (2 folding), occasional light foxing, modern full brown morocco, 1st Edn., L., 1800 Hughes family copy, with notes bound in & some marginalia. £150-250

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48 48 DICKSON (R.W.) A Complete System of Improved Livestock and Cattle Management . . . perfecting the Breeds . . . A full Display of the Veterinary Art . . . [etc.], 4to, 2 vols in 1, plates as called for, one leaf torn, occasional foxing, contemp. diced calf gilt, L., Kelly, 1824 £100-200

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47 47 BEATSON (Maj.-Gen. Alexander) A New System of Cultivation, without Lime, or Dung, or Summer Fallows, as practiced at Knowle-Farm, in the County of Sussex, 8vo, 4 plates, inscribed “From the author,” on f.e.p., recent half calf, L., 1820; CAPPER (James) Observations on the Cultivation of Waste Lands, 8vo, inscribed “from the author” on title-page, recent half calf, L., 1805; TURBILLY (Louis-François-Henri de Menon, Marquis de) Discourse of the Cultivation of Waste and Barren Lands, Part I, [all published, 8vo, frontispiece, recent half calf, L., 1762 (3) £200-300 22

49 DICKSON (R.W.) Practical Agriculture, 2 vols, 4to, 89 engraved plates as called for in the plate lists, some hand-col’d, contemporary tree calf gilt (slight wear, womtrack in blank margins intermittent), 1st Edn., L., Phillips, 1805 (2) The second volume front-free endpaper carries a presentation inscription from the Rt. Hnble. Henry, Earl of Uxbridge, to Thomas Jones. £200-400

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50 [DICKSON (Adam] A Treatise of Agriculture, 8vo, 2 folding engr. plates, calf (a bit worn; marginal worm tracks), 1st Edn., Edinburgh, 1762; DICKSON (Adam) A Treatise of Agriculture . . . New Edition, 2 vols, 8vo, 2 engr. plates, calf (rebacked) ex public lib. with stamps, Edinburgh, 1770; DICKSON (Adam) The Husbandry of the Ancients, 2 vols, 8vo, 19th c. half red morocco, 1st Edn., Edinburgh, 1788 (5) £200-300

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51 51 DOSSIE (Robert) Memoirs of Agriculture, and other Oeconomical Arts, 3 vols, 8vo, one of the three plates defective, recent half calf, L., 1768 /71 /82; ANDERSON (James) Essays Relating to Agriculture, 3 vols, 8vo, plates, calf (cover off), mixed edition 5th/3rd, L., 1800/ 1798; CLEGHORN (J.) System of Agriculture from the Encyclopaedia Britannica Seventh Edition, 4to, plates, covers off, Edinburgh, 1831; and a few other vols (qty) £100-200

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52 52 DOWNING (Joseph) A Treatise on the Disorders Incident to Horned Cattle . . . to which are added Receipts, for curing the Gripes, Staggers, and Worms in Horses, 8vo, pp. xii, 131, (1), xiv (subscribers list), [2], [2, errata], untrimmed in later boards, Stourbridge, Printed and Sold by J. Rollason, 1st Edn, variant issue, 1797 Huth, Works on Horses and Equitation, p. 62. £150-250

54 DREW (John) Norfolk Husbandry, or, Perfect Farming, 12mo, untrimmed in recent half calf, 1st Edn., L., 1826 £100-150

53 55 53 DOWNING (Joseph) A Treatise on the Disorders Incident to Horned Cattle . . . to which are added Receipts, for curing the Gripes, Staggers, and Worms in Horses, 8vo, lacking the half-title and part-title, later half calf, Printed and Sold at Stourbridge, 1st Edn., variant issue, 1797 This copy has 12 pages of manuscript veterinary receipts bound at the end. £100-200 24

55 DUBLIN SOCIETY. [PRIOR (Thomas) & MAPLE (William)] Essays and Observations on Trade, Husbandry, . . . Brewing, 8vo, 4 folding plates, recent red morocco, Dublin, London reprinted, 1740 £100-200

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58 DUHAMEL du MONCEAU (Henri Louis) The Elements of Agriculture, translated and edited by Philip Miller, 2 vols., 8vo, 14 folding engraved plates, contemp. sprinkled calf, labels (spines rubbed), the Pallinsburn set, L., 1764 (2) First Edition in English of an influential work. Fussell pp.48-49. £200-400

58 56 56 DUGDALE (William) The History of Imbanking and Draining of divers Fens and Marshes, large folio, 11 folding maps, oval ink stamps of Birmingham Library to the maps, title-page & elsewhere, earlier owner name of R. Carter to title, contemp. calf (rebacked, new end-papers), London: W. Bowyer & J. Nichols, 1772 The second edition, corrected and revised by Charles Nalson Cole. £250-350

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57 57 DUHAMEL DU MONCEAU (Henri Louis) A Practical Treatise of Husbandry: . . . Experiments and Observations in the New Husbandry, collected . . ., 4to, pp. xxiv (title printed in red & black), 491 (1, errata), (8, index / adverts), 6 plates (4 folding), folding table, sprinkled calf (joints expertly repaired), 1st Edn., L., 1759 £100-200 www.tennants.co.uk

[ELKINGTON] JOHNSTONE (John) An Account of the Most Approved Mode of Draining Land; according to the System Practiced by Mr. Joseph Elkington...with an Appendix containing Hints for the Farther Improvement of Bogs and other Marshy Ground, after Draining..., 4to, pp. xvi, 182 [2], 16 engraved plates (some closely trimmed; plate 14 browned as usual), contemp. half leather (rebacked, recased, corners worn, some foxing), 1st Edn., Edinburgh, 1797 Elkington’s novel system for draining land initially gained the interest of the Board of Agriculture, and he was offered monetary inducement by George III to divulge his methods. The trial was set up, observed by the Edinburgh surveyor John Johnstone, but payment was later withheld due to erratic results and questions as to the originality of his technique. £200-300 25

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60 [ELLIS & MILLS] ELLIS (William) Chiltern and Vale Farming, 8vo, engr. frontis., title edge-trimmed, calf, 1st Edn., L., 1733; ELLIS (W.) The Modern Husbandman, 8 vols, 8vo, calf (worn), L., 1750; Ellis’s Husbandry Abridged, 2 vols, 8vo, calf, bookplate of George Baillie, one of the Lords of the Treasury, 1st Edn., L., 1772; ELLIS (W.) ELLIS (W.) The Practical Farmer, 5th Edn., 1759; ELLIS (W.) [Practical Farmer], a defective copy of Part I, [1732]; MILLS (John) A New and Complete System of Practical Husbandry, 5 vols, 8vo, plates, calf (rebacked), 1st Edn., L., 1762 & a duplicate disbound copy of vol. 1; MILLS (John) A Treatise on Cattle, 8vo, 1st Edn., recent half calf, L., 1776 (20) £300-400

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61 ELLIS (William) The Practical Farmer: or, the Hertfordshire Husbandman: containing many new Improvements in Husbandry, 2 Parts in 1 vol, 8vo, pp. iv, 163, [1]; [2], 54; [8], 1 engraved plate, contemporary calf (hinges cracked but firm), 1st Edn., L., 1732 Ellis’s second published work and rare. Kress S.1757; Perkins 562; Rothamsted, p. 43; vide Fussell II, pp. 6-14. Early owner name of Henry Streatfield at the title head; armorial bookplate to front paste-down. £400-600

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62 ELLIS (William) A Compleat System of Experienced Improvements Made on Sheep, Grass-Lambs and HouseLambs, 8vo, 3 parts in 1, occasional spotting, contemporary calf (rebacked), L., Astley, 1749 [Fussell pp.6-13; Perkins 558]; ELLIS (William) The Country Gentleman, Grazier, Sheep-Dealer, and Shepherd’s Sure Guide: the Fifth Edition, 8vo, sprinkled calf (rebacked), Dublin, [1780] (2) £300-500

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63 [ESSEX FARMER / ANON] A Letter on the Construction and Use of the Improved Foot Plough. By an Essex Farmer, 8vo, engr. frontispiece, pp. 55 (1), L., 1784 ESTC locates 5 copies. Cf. Fussell, The Farmer’s Tools, p. 48. £150-200

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64 64 ESTIENNE (Charles) & LIEBAULT (J.) Maison Rustique, or The Countrie Farme . . .translated into English by Richard Surflet, 4to, pp. [28], 901, [26, index, colophon, and last p. blank], (lacks initial & final blanks, title laid-down / bordered, but verso showing; occasional worming or close cutting of headlines slightly affecting text; some other wear, waterstaining and soiling), old calf (rebacked, recased), London, Bollifant, 1600.

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65 [ESTIENNE (Charles)] Praedium Rusticum, 8vo, pp. 648, [48, index], old calf (amateur repairs; title re-attached), Lutetiae (Paris), Stephanum, 1554 Early owner name on back end-paper, “Joanna genailli[?.]” £150-250

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[ESTIENNE (Charles) & LIEBAULT (Jean) Maison Rustique , or the Countrey Farme, . . . translated by Richard Surflet, . . . edited and augmented by Gervase Markham, sm. folio, title with woodcut printer’s device, woodcut illustrations and diagrams, woodcut decorative initials and headpieces, (lacking initial and final blanks, N4 and 2O1 short repaired tear at foot, within text but with only minor loss to part of the odd letter, some water-staining at head and foot, occasional staining or spotting), rebound in full period-style panel calf binding, new end-papers, London, Printed by Adam Islip for John Bull , 1616 STC 10549. Bitting p.146-147; Fussell p.13; Goldsmiths’ 451; Hunt 202; Kress 353; Poynter 31.1.; Schwerdt I, 166 (first English edition); Simon, BG, 610 (note).

The third English edition, but the first to be edited by Gervase Markham, Provenance Edward ?Sayve (17th century ink inscription to title); ‘Thomas Hartt owne this Booke 1625’ (ink inscription to A5); ‘John Glynn - purchased - 12 January 1822’ (ink inscription to title). £400-700

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67 67 [ESTIENNE (Charles) & LIEBAULT (Jean)] Maison Rustique, or the Country Farme, . . . Also a shorte collection of the hunting of the hart, wilde bore, faulconrie, sm. 4to, pp. [32], 901, [27], woodcut illus., slight worming to inner margins Aa6Cc4, Mm6-Nn8, clean tear at foot of Oo5, early 19th c. blind-tooled calf, L., Printed by Arnold Hatfield for John Norton & John Bill, 1606 Second English edition. The Schwerdt / Crossman / Larpent copy (bookplates). Schwerdt, I, p. 166. £300-500

68 EVELYN (John) A Philosophical Discourse of Earth, relating to the Culture and Improvement of it for Vegetation and the Propagation of Plants, &c., 8vo, pp. 182 (wants final blank; small burn hole in text at D4), contemp. calf (rebacked), 1ST Edn., L., 1676 Wing E.3507 £150-250

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69 INLAYSON (John) Treatise on Agricultural Subjects, 8vo, 1st Edn., Glasgow, 1822, bound in later quarter calf with William Brown’s squib “Honour on Crutches,” browned etc., but with the satirical frontispiece, Glasgow 1822; FINLAYSON (John) The British Farmer, . . . to which is added the Ploughman’s Guide, 8vo, 7 engr. plates, recent half calf, 2nd edn., L., 1825; HARRISON (Gustavus) Agriculture Delineated: or, the Farmer’s Complete Guide, 8vo, title with engraved vignette, calf, 1st Edn., L., 1775 (3) £150-200

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70 70 FORBES (Francis) The Extensive Practice of the New Husbandry, 8vo, calf, 2nd Edn., L., 1786; & in a uniform binding: FORBES (F.) The Improvement of Waste Lands, 1st Edn., L., 1778; [FORBES (W.)] Miscellaneous Dissertations, 8vo, 3 folding plates, calf (label replaced), 1st Edn., L., 1775; FORBES (F.) The Modern Improvements in Agriculture . . New edition, 8vo, 5 plates, calf (worn), L., 1784 (4) £150-250

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71 GRAY (Andrew) Explanation of the Engravings of the most important Implements of Husbandry in Scotland, 4to, [2], pp. 79 (1), 16 engr. plates (some splitting along the folds), contemp. flamed calf gilt (slight chipping), Edinburgh, 1814 Gold-printed ex-libris bookplate of John Boyd, Biggar. £200-400

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72 72 GREEN (Robert) An Address . . . on the Subject of Under-Draining of Wet and Cold Land, by a Plough invented by Robert Green, 8vo, folding frontis. (trimmed at head), recent half calf, 1st Edn., L., 1832; GREG (Thomas) A System for Managing Heavy and Wet Lands without Summer Fallows, 8vo, folding frontis. of a plough, & 1 folding plate, recent half calf, 3rd Edn., L., 1813; HODGES (Thomas Law) The Use and Advantages of Pearson’s Draining Plough, 8vo, frontis., recent half calf, L., 1833 (3) £150-250

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73 73 HALE (Thomas) A Compleat Body of Husbandry, large folio, pp. iv, [12], ii, 719 (1), engr. frontis. & 11 plates (1 folding), text vignettes, full calf (repaired), one or two short tears, etc., L., 1756 Provenance: early 19thc. engr. bookplate for Oughtrington Hall; some ink marginalia. £150-200

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74 [HARTLIB (Samuel) An Essay for Advancement of Husbandry-Learning: or Propositions for Erecting a College, sm. 4to, 3 ff., pp. 17 (1), trimmed with loss, L., Hills, 1651; bound with: HARTLIB (S.) The Reformed Husband-man, 2 ff., pp. 14, 1 f. blank, L., Printed by J.C. 1651; [HARTLIB (S.) A Discours of Husbandrie Used in Brabant and Flanders . . .The Second Edition, Corrected, 5 ff., pp. 27 (3), L., Printed by William Du-Gard, 1652 [PLAT (Sir Hugh)] A nevv and admirable Arte of setting of Corne: with all the necessarie Tooles, 16 ff. (misbound in wrong order), woodcut vignette to title, L., Peter Short, 1601; HILL (or, HYLL, Thomas) [The profitable arte of gardening], title-page and following leaf with serious loss, mispaginated, register runs A-V4, i.e. ends at conclusion of “Seconde Booke,” woodcut illus. of knot gardens, etc., L., Robert Walde[e-grave], 1586; HILL (or HYLL, Thomas) A profitable instruction of the perfite ordering of Bees, pp. [4], thereafter mispaginated, register runs [Aa4] Bb-Ll1 (lacks ll2 &3) Mm-Oo2, defects to last ff., L., Walde-graue, 1586; COKE (Roger) England’s Improvements in Two Parts . . . How the Kingdom of England may be Improved . . . How the Navigation of England may be Increased, pp. [20], 68, [12, incl. separate title], 73115 [1], register continuous, some early ink marginalia / commentary, owner name of John Holliss on final blank page, L., printed by J.C., 1675. I.e., a sammelband of 7 works, bound in period style reversed calf.

As a collection, with all faults. £1,500-2,500

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75 HARTLIB (Samuel) Samuel Hartlib His Legacie of Husbandry. Wherein are bequeathed to the Common-wealth of England, not onely Braband, and Flanders, but also many more Outlandish and Domestick Experiments and Secrets . . . Third Edition, sm. 4to, pp. [16], 303 (1), period-style later calf, L., 1655 Wing H991. £200-400

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80, [6], 103-18 [i.e. 118], [28] (collates as per ESTC), separate titlepages for the “Appendix” and “Ireland”, later half calf, L., 1652 With early ms. notes (in 2 hands) and marginalia, attributing the letters (ibid) to Child, Dymoke, et al. Wing H990. £250-350

HEATON (Richard) Directions how to use R. Heaton’s Patent Drill-Harrow; with a few observations on Drill Husbandry, 8vo, pp. 16, folding aquatint plate, untrimmed, recent full calf, Wakefield, Waller, 1788 £150-200

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78 78 HERESBACH (Conrad) Foure Bookes of Husbandry... Conteyning the Whole Arte and Trade of Husbandry, with the Antiquitie, and Commendation Thereof. Newely Englished, and Increased, by Barnabe Googe, sm. 4to, black letter, woodcut arms on verso of title, lacks final 2 leaves (supplied in facsimile), title soiled, occasional light dampstaining, bookplate of Maurice Frost, and Bibliotheca Tiliana (with very small stamp on verso of title), modern half morocco, Richard Watkins, 1577 First Edition in English. Westwood & Satchell, pp.116-117; STC 13196; Goldsmiths’ 193. Diverse subject matter besides agriculture, including forestry, bees, gardening, etc. £700-1,200

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79 HITT (Thomas) A Treatise of Husbandry on the Improvement of Dry and Barren Lands, 8vo, 1 folding engr. plate, calf (rebacked), 1st Edn., L., 1760; HARTE (Walter) Essays on Husbandry, 8vo, 5 engr. plates, text illus., calf (recased, rebacked; holes in title-page), 2nd Edn., L., 1770; [HENRY (David) The Complete English Farmer, 8vo, 2 plates, 1st Edn., L., 1771 (3) £150-250

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81 HOGG (James) The Shepherd’s Guide, 8vo, pp. vi, 338, some foxing, repair to blank margin of pp. 15/16, half calf (rubbed), Edinburgh, J. Ballantyne & Co., 1807 The First Edition of the Etterick Shepherd and poet’s third book. £200-400

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82 82 HOME (Francis) The Principles of Agriculture and Vegetation, 8vo, calf (rebacked), owner name and bookplate of Paul Panton, 1759, 2nd Edn., L., 1759; McPHAIL (James) Hints and Observations on the Improvement of Agriculture, 8vo, folding table, recent half calf, 1st Edn., L., 1795; [LAWRENCE (John)] The New Farmer’s Calendar, 8vo, folding engr. frontis., half calf, 2nd Edn., L., 1801 (3) £150-200

84 84 HOPE (Sir William) The Compleat Horseman: or, Compleat Farrier, 8vo, lacking plate 5 at pp. 138/139, panel calf (worn), “2nd Edn.,” L., 1706; with a copy of the 1711 edition (also stated 2nd Edn.), lacking the same plate; COVENTRY (Andrew) Discourses Explanatory of the Object and Plan of the Course of Lectures on Agriculture and Rural Economy, 8vo, boards, 1st Edn., Edinburgh, 1808 (3, w.a.f.) £100-200

83 83 [HOME (Henry)] The Gentleman Farmer. Being An Attempt to improve Agriculture, By subjecting to the Test of Rational Principles, 8vo, 3 engr. plates, calf (replacement label), 1st Edn., Edinburgh,1776; SKIRVING (William) The Husbandman’s Assistant [vol.1 only – see last page before the Appendix -, but seemingly all that was published], 8vo, 1 engr. plate, half calf (worn), Edinburgh, 1792 [4 copies only on ESTC]; BELL (Benjamin) Essays on Agriculture, 8vo, half calf (worn; foxing), Edinburgh, 1802 (3) £100-200

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85 85 [HORNE (Thomas Hartwell)] The Complete Grazier; or, Farmer and Cattle-Breeder’s Assistant, 8vo, frontispiece (repaired), 2 plates, folding table (backed), text vignettes, half calf (repaired), L., 1805; Treatise on the choice, buying, and general management of Live Stock . . . with an Appendix on the improvement of British Wool, 8vo, 1 plate, woodcut text vignettes, printed boards (rebacked), 2nd Edn., L 1810 (2) £100-200

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86 [PERIODICAL] HOUGHTON (John) A Collection of Letters for the Improvement of Husbandry and Trade, sm. 4to, 2 vols in 1, comprising vol.1, numbers 1-15 and vol.2, numbers 1-6 [all published], both vols with a general title, pp. [2], 184; 190, [2], with the very rare errata slip at p. 32 of vol. 2, occasional browning, heavier to vol. 2, repaired burn to margin of last leaf, contemporary calf (worn), L., Printed for John Lawrence At the Angel in Cornhill near the Royal Exchange [and] Printed by J. Gain for the Author John Houghton, and is to be sold at his House, against the Ship-Tavern in St. Bartholomew-Lane, 1681-1683 [i.e. 1684].

First Editions of the two volumes which comprise the first known trade and agricultural periodical. In it are essays by John Evelyn (on bread), & John Firmin (on money supply), among others.

Fussell pp.81-81; Goldsmiths’ 37365; Kress 1538; McDonald, pp. 122-124. £2,000-3,000

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87 87 HOUGHTON (John) A Collection of Letters for the Improvement of Husbandry and Trade, sm. 4to, pp. [2], 184, contemporary calf, rebacked, early ink owner name of Winchilsea on p. 1, bookplate of E.S. & H. Lloyd, L., Printed for John Lawrence, 1681 [1683] The first 15 numbers of this important periodical, i.e., the first volume, complete. Although the title-page is dated 1681, each issue has a separate imprint, the last of which is dated 1683. A second volume was published separately. [see lot 86, above] £200-300

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JACOB (Giles) The Country Gentleman’s Vade Mecum, 12mo, engr. frontis., pp. [10].

132, old quarter calf (worn), L., 1717; MOORE (J.) England’s Interest: or, the Gentleman and Farmer’s Friend, 12mo, pp.

188, [2, adverts], full recent calf, L., 1721 (2) Goldsmiths’ 5344, Hanson 2273; Goldsmiths’ 5925. £200-300

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JAMES (Robert) The Rational Farmer and Practical Husbandman. Containing Remarks on the Principles of Vegetation. . . The Reasons and Manner of promoting their Fertility . . To which is added, the British Herbal . . ., 4to, pp. (ii), 171, (1); 92, contemp. calf (rebacked), L., 1743 Originally issued in parts, this copy of the First Edition collates with ESTC, which gives 4 locations (3 UK; 1 USA). Attributed, by virtue of the 1747 second edition, to Robert James, friend of Dr. Johnson. £600-900

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91 91 KIDDLE (R.) The Practical Norfolk Farmer, 8vo, recent half calf, 1st Edn., Norwich, 1808; KENT (Nathaniel) General View of the Agriculture of the County of Norfolk, 8vo, folding map frontis., 3 plates (1 folding), recent half calf, 1st Edn., Printed at the Norfolk Press, 1796 (2) £100-200

92 92 KNOWLSON (John C.) The Complete Farrier, or Horse Doctor; Being the Art of Farriery . . . To which is added a Catalogue of Drugs, 8vo, frontispiece cut and laid down, title-page soiled and backed, Otley, 1820, bound in recent half calf with: The Complete Cow-Leech or Cattle-Doctor, Otley, 1820, with some loose ms. material within; together with: TAPLIN (W.) The Gentleman’s Stable Directory; or, Modern System of Farriery, 8vo, portrait frontis., calf (worn), 12th Edn., 1793 (2) With regard to the Knowlson, Dingley, Historic Books on Veterinary Science, 365, records the London edition, but not the Otley edition. £150-250

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94 LAURENCE (Edward) The Duty of a Steward to his Lord . . .To which is added an Appendix, shewing the Way to Plenty, 4to, pp.

[16], 212, 2 double-page engr. plates, panel calf (hinges cracked but firm), 1st Edn., L., 1727 Fussell, pp. 103-104; Hanson 3677; Goldsmiths’ 6510; not in Kress or ICA. Ex-lib. Loxwood House. £100-200

93 [LAMMERMUIR FARMER / ANONYMOUS] A Treatise upon Breeding, Rearing and Feeding Cheviot and BlackFaced Sheep in High Districts, 8vo, errata slip present, lib. stamp for the VMA on ded’n leaf, t.l.s. from the VMA to N. Comben re deaccessioning, 1st Edn., Berwick-upon-Tweed, 1823 £150-250

95 95 LAURENCE (Edward) The Duty and Office of a Land Steward, 8vo, folding frontis. (repaired tears) & 1 folding plate, calf (rebacked), 2nd Edn., L. 1731; KENT (N.) Hints to Gentlemen of Landed Property, 8vo, 10 plates, recent calf, 1st Edn., L., 1775; [LAWRENCE (John) The Modern Land Steward, 8vo, half calf (rebacked), 1st edn., L., 1801; MORICE (Francis) An Essay on Agriculture, and the Management of Landed Estates, 8vo, 2 folding plates, stains to contents, untrimmed in recent half calf, Aberdeen, 1824; MORDANT (John) The Complete Steward, 2 vols, 8vo, folding table, pagination irregular, calf, 1st Edn., L., 1761 (6) £250-400 42

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96 LAURENCE (John) A New System of Agriculture, being a complete body of Husbandry and Gardening, folio, engr. frontispiece & 2 plates, recent half calf, some pale water-staining to contents, L.,1726; and a copy of the DUBLIN edition of 1727, which has marginal repairs, worn binding, etc. (2) £250-350

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97 [LINDSAY (Patrick) The Interest 0f Scotland Considered with regard to its Police in Employing of the Poor, its Agriculture, its Trade, its Manufactures and Fisheries, 8vo, contemp. calf (rubbed), L., 1736; [ANON] The Scots Farmer or Select Essays on Agriculture, 2 vols, 8vo, 1 engr. plate, quarter calf, Edinburgh, 1773; FORSYTH (Robert) Principles and Practice of Agriculture, 2 vols, 8vo, engr. plates, tree calf (worn), Edinburgh, 1804 (5) £200-300 97

98 98 LITTLE (John) Practical Observations on the Improvement and Management of Mountain Sheep, and Sheep Farms, 8vo, half morocco (slight foxing, owner blindstamps), 1st Edn., Edinburgh, 1815; (1815); HUNT (Charles) A Practical Treatise on the Merino and Anglo-Merino Breeds of Sheep, 8vo, tear in the text of pp. vii/viii, recased, 1st Edn., L., 1809 (2) £200-400

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99 LIVINGSTON (Robert R.) Essay on Sheep, 12mo, woodcut vignette on title, foxing, contemp. gilt-ruled sheep, Concord N.H., Published by Daniel Cooledge, 1813; together with: [ANON] The Good Husbandman’s Jewel, 12mo, pp. 24, woodcut illus., (marginal and page repairs), later boards, Preston, Smith, [ca. 1740] (2) £100-200

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101 101 MACKENZIE (George) A Treatise on the Diseases and Management of Sheep, 8vo, 5 engr. plates (trimmed), Edinburgh, 1809; bound with: LASTEYRIE (C.) & THOMPSON (B., translator), An Account of the Introduction of MERINO SHEEP into different States of Europe, and at the Cape of Good Hope, 8vo, engr. frontis., later half calf, L., 1810 £100-200

100 100 LORRAIN DE VALLEMONT (Pierre) Curiosities of Nature and Art in Husbandry and Gardening, 8vo, frontis. & 11 of 12 plates only, old calf (repairs), L., 1707; [SWITZER (Stephen) editor:] The Practical Husbandman and Planter, 2 vols, 8vo, 2 engr. frontispieces, 3 folding plates, bookplate of Lord Suffield, L., 1733/34; STILLINGFLEET (Benjamin) Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Natural History, 8vo, 11 plates, calf, 2nd Edn., L., 1762; [WESTON (Richard)] Tracts on Practical Agriculture and Gardening, 8vo, recent calf, 1st Edn., L., 1769 (5) £200-400 44

102 102 [SCOTLAND] [MACKINTOSH (William)] An Essay on Ways and Means for Inclosing, Fallowing, Planting, &c.

Scotland, 8vo, pp. lii, [4], 355 [1, errata], engr. folding diagram, contemp. calf panelled in blind, 1st Edn., Edinburgh, 1729 The author wrote the book whilst a prisoner in Edinburgh Castle. £150-250

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103 MACMILLAN (Anthony) A Treatise 0n Pasturage. In two parts. I. On the History thereof, . . . II. On the Practice of it, or Method of Managing Sheep Farms, 12mo, contemp. calf, Edinburgh, 1790; together with: [ANON] A Letter to the Edinburgh Society concerning the Method of Managing Outfield Ground, By a Farmer, 8vo, pp. 19 (1), later half calf, Edinburgh, 1763 (2) £100-150

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104 104 MALCOLM (James) A Compendium of Modern Husbandry, principally written during a survey of Surrey, also . . . the neighbouring Counties . . . Kent, Sussex, &c., 3 vols, folding hand-col’d map frontis in vol. 1, 6 plates, calf (rebacked, recased, 1st Edn., L., 1805; BROWN (Robert) A Treatise on Agriculture and Rural Affairs, 2 vols, 8vo, 6 engr. plates, calf, Edinburgh, 1811 (5) £100-200 www.tennants.co.uk

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[22, i.e. lacks initial blank], 179 (1), L., 1623 [STC (2nd Edn) 17338]; BOUND WITH: [HERESBACH (Conrad)] [Foure bookes of husbandrie], lacks title & 2 other prelim ff., 193 irregularly numbered ff. of which 192 present, 1 f. unnumbered, with colophon: London, Imprinted for Iohn Wight, 1586. STC (2nd ed.), 13198. Bound in later panel style calf. (4 vols in 1, w.a.f) The first title in this collection, Markham’s English Husbandman, includes the first layout of an English house to appear in print. (cf. Cooper; Fussell I). £1,000-1,500

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108 106 108 106 MARKHAM (Gervase) Markhams Master-piece, . . Curing all Diseases in Horses . . . Also, The Compleat Jockey, sm. 4to, add. engr. pictorial title, text illus., half calf (worn, some waterstaining), “20th impression,” L., Conyers, 1723 £100-150

MARKHAM (Gervase, editor) & HERESBACH (C.) The Whole Art of Husbandry contained in Fovre Bookes, . . . translated

by Barnaby Googe, sm. 4to, black letter text, title within woodcut border, woodcut initials and head-pieces, contemp. calf (rebacked), L., Printed by T.C. for Richard More, 1631 British Bee Books 9; Fussell p.12; Poynter 33.1; STC 13202. Early owner notes front and back, “Glyndebourne” printed label on front paste-down. £400-600

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107 107 MARKHAM (Gervase) A small quarto sammelband comprising 6 works, vide: The English House-Wife, 1 f. blank, pp.[10], 252, woodcut text illus., L., 1649; A Way to Get Wealth . . . seventh time corrected, 14 ff., pp. 188, 1 f. blank, L., 1648; Country Contentments . . . sixth edition, pp. [8], 118, final blank,( n.b. tennis ref. at p. 58), L., 1649; The Enrichment of the Weald of Kent, pp. [4], 24, L., Printed by Eliz. Purslow, L., 1649; Markham’s farewell to Husbandry, pp. [12], 158, woodcut text illus., L., 1649; A new Orchard, and Garden, . . . With the Country HouseWives Garden, pp. [8], 74, 1 f. pp. 77-134, separate title for “Country House-wives,” woodcuts to first title and text, L., 1648. £300-500

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109 MARKHAM (Gervase) The Inrichment of the Weald of Kent, sm. 4to, pp. [4], 24, old calf (rebacked), bookplate of Earl Fitzwilliam, L., Printed for Eliz.

Purslow, 1649. 3rd Edn. Wing M637; [WESTON (Richard)] A Discours of Husbandrie used in Brabant and Flanders, sm. 4to, pp.

[8], 26, corners damaged / silked, lacks last leaf (blank?), recent half calf, L., William Du-Gard, 1605 [1650] Wing W1482 (2) £400-700

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110 M[ARKHAM] (G[ervase]) The English Husbandman, drawne in Two Bookes, and Each Booke into Two Parts, 4to, 2 parts in 1, woodcut illustrations in text of knot gardens, etc., 19th c. bookplate of William, Earl Fitzwilliam on front pastedown, contemp. blind-ruled calf (rebacked), L., Sheares, 1635, bound with: The Pleasures of Princes, 1635 STC 17358. The second edition, bringing together for the first time Books I and II of ‘The English Husbandman’, originally published separately in 1613 and 1614. Included in Book II, but with a separate title-page and pagination, is a treatise on angling and cock fighting, ‘The Pleasures of Princes, or, Good Mens Recreations’. £500-1,000

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111 MARSHALL (William) Minutes of Agriculture, made on A Farm of 300 Acres of Various Soils, Near Croydon, Surry [sic]. . ., 4to, frontis. (edges ragged), 4 engr. plates, contemporary calf, L., 1778; bound with: MARSHALL (W.) Experiments and Observations concerning Agriculture and the Weather, 1 engr. plate, 1st Edn., L., 1779; MARSHALL (W.) On the Landed Property of England, 4to, text illus., tree calf, 1st Edn., L., 1804 (2) Loose within the first book is an unusual printed 4 pp. (incl. blank integral leaf) approbation to Marshall from Silvestre, Society of Agriculture of the Department of the Seine, dated 11 June, 1802. £250-400

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112 112 MARSHALL (William) The Rural Economy of the West of England, 2 vols, 8vo, folding map, half calf, Coyningham copy, 1st Edn., L., 1796; The Rural Economy of Norfolk, 2 vols, folding map, tree calf, 2nd Edn., L., 1795; The Rural Economy of the Southern Counties, 2 vols, 2 double-page maps, sprinkled calf, 1st Edn., L., 1798; The Rural Economy of Gloucestershire, 2 vols, folding map, tree calf, 2nd Edn., L., 1796; The Rural Economy of the Midland Counties, 2 vols, no map, 2nd edn., 1796; Minutes, Experiments, Observations and General Remarks . . . in the Southern Counties, 2 vols, double-page plan, 5 double-page numbered plates, folding table, tree calf, 1st Edn., L., 1799; Review of the Reports . . . Northern Department [only], folding map, rebacked, 1st Edn., York, 1808; The Rural Economy of Yorkshire, 2 vols, double-page map, marginal erosions / damp, 1st Edn., L., 1788; On the Management of Landed Estates, untrimmed in recent half calf, L., 1806; A Review of the Landscape, 1st Edn., L., 1795; Planting and Rural Ornament, 2 vols, half calf, 2nd Edn., L., 1795 (19, w.a.f.)

A good and fairly comprehensive collection of works by Marshall (1745-1818); less well known than his contemporary Arthur Young, his works were more detailed. £500-800

MASCAL (Leonard) The Countreyman’s Jewel: or, the government of Cattel . . . Also Directions for Gardening, . . . much enlarged by Rich. Ruscam, sm.

8vo, first part only, add. pictorial title cropped, plate at p. 87 with substantial loss, other faults, half calf, L., 1680; LAMBERT (James) The Countryman’s Treasure: shewing the Nature, Causes, and Cure of all Diseases Incident to Cattle, 12mo, woodcut frontis, pp. [2] (3)-138 [4], later full calf, 4th Edn., L., [ca. 1710]; and a similar work, a/f, Glasgow, 1750 (3) £150-250

114 114 MASCALL (Leonard) The Government of Cattell. Divided into three Books, sm. 4to, pp. [4], 308 [2], contemp. calf (rebacked), 17th & 18th c. pen trials, owner names, etc., to front, back, and margins, L., Printed by Thomas Harper, for Martha Harison, 1653; and a copy of the 1661 edition, with first title (dated 1633) and last leaves replaced in ink (2) £300-400

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115 MASCALL (Leonard) The First [-Third] Booke of Cattel. Wherein is shewed, the gouernement of Oxen, Kine, and Calues: and how to vse Bulles and other cattel to the yoke, and fel. With diuers approued remedies, to helpe most diseases among cattell: most necessarie for all, especially for husbandmen, hauing the gouernement of any such cattell, sm.

4to, pp. [6] (i.e. lacks A1 blank? as usual), 301 (1), early 19th c. calf, with ink note and signature of J. B. Simmonds, ex-lib. ink stamps of the Royal Veterinary College scattered ibid, At London, Printed by I. Harrison, 1600 STC (2nd ed.), 17583. The Second and Third Books, which have separate titles, treat of horses, sheep, pigs, dogs, goats, etc. ESTC locates 4 copies, all in the UK. £800-1,200

116 [MASCALL (Leonard) & SCOT (Reginald)] The Country-mans Recreation, or the Art of Planting, Grassing, and Gardening..., first 2 parts only of 3, in 1, woodcut illustrations, lacks part 3 (“The expert gardener...”), title soiled and laid down, A2-B1 margins stained, some other marginal staining, M4 corner torn away and repaired, foxed and browned, some 18th c. annotations, later endpapers, modern half calf, L., Printed by B. Allsop and T. Fawcet, 1640 [STC 5874]; - another copy, leaf I3 defective with loss, finishes at p. 54 of part 3, (which has a different imprint: Richard Herne, 1640), followed by: ST. JOHN (Paulet) Every man his own farrier; being a collection of valuable and efficacious receipts, 8vo, lacking 4 ff., Winton, 1780 (2 vol. collection, w.a.f.) £700-1,200

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MATHEWS (J.) Remarks on the Cause of the Scarcity and Dearness of Cattle, Swine, Cheese, &c. &c. and of the articles tallow candles, and soap; and the remedy to prevent such calamity in future, 8vo, pp. 234 (recte 236) uncut in boards (rebacked), 1st Edn., L., 1799 £150-250

[MAXWELL (Robert) & HOPE (Sir Thomas) attributed to:] A Treatise Concerning the Manner of Fallowing Ground, Raising of Grass Seeds, and training of Lint and Hemp, 8vo, 7 engr. plates, panel calf, Edinburgh, Fleming, 1724 First Edition of the first book published by the Society of Improvers in the Knowledge of Agriculture in Scotland, founded 1723, which was Europe’s first agricultural society. Fussell, pp.109-110 discusses authorship; Henrey II, pp. 603-605. £200-400

118 118 [SCOTLAND] MAXWELL (Robert, of Arkland) Select Transactions of the Honourable The Society of Improvers in the Knowledge of Agriculture in Scotland . . ., 8vo, signed verso title, 1 folding plate (creased) old calf (repaired) 1st Edn., Edinburgh, 1743; together with: MAXWELL (Robert) The Practical Husbandman, 8vo, signed verso title, 1 folding plate, contemp. calf, 1st Edn., Edinburgh, 1757; MAXWELL (Robert) Supplement to the Ministers Widows Scheme . . And how every Farmer, by applying the Rules offered, may improve any Number of Acres to proportional Advantage, 12mo, pp. 60, signed on last page, later quarter calf, Edinburgh, 1747 (3) £150-300

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120 120 MEAGER (Leonard) The Mystery of Husbandry: or, Arable, Pasture, and Wood-land Improved, 12mo, pp. [12], 161, (7, adverts), folding frontis. of ploughs, (frontis and text a little close cut in places), old calf gilt (label gone), 1st Edn., 1st issue, L., 1697 Wing M1573A. £300-500

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121 121 MILLS (John) An Essay on the Weather, 12mo, pp. xv (i), 127 (1), viii (index), recent quarter calf, 2nd Edn., L., 1773; CLARIDGE (John) The Shepherd of Banbury’s Rules . . . New Edition, L., 1827 (2) £100-150

123 123 M[ORTIMER] (J[ohn] The Whole Art of Husbandry, 8vo, text illus., panel calf, 1st Edn., L., 1707; The Whole Art of Husbandry, 2nd Edn., 1708; The Art of Husbandry, Part II, 8vo, recent quarter calf, L., 1712 (3) £100-200

122 122 MONK (John) An Agricultural Dictionary, 3 vols, 8vo, untrimmed in recent half calf, 1st Edn., L., 1794; [WORLIDGE & BAILEY] Dictionarium Rusticum & Urbanicum: or a Dictionary of all sorts of Country Affairs, 8vo, text illus., old calf re-lettered in gilt, wormhole through text, L., 1704; a 2 volume set of the 3rd edition, 2 engr. plates, text illus, old calf rebacked, wormed, L., 1726; [ANON] A General Dictionary of Husbandry, Planting, Gardening, 2 vols bound in 1, 8vo, 1 frontispiece, old calf (rebacked), Bath, 1779; LOUDON (J.C.) An En Encyclopaedia of Agriculture, 2 vols, 8vo, illus., half calf gilt, 2nd Edn., L., 1831 (9) £150-200

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124 124 NAISMITH (John) Elements of Agriculture . . . Cultivation of the Soil, 8vo, speckled calf (a bit worn), 1st Edn., L., 1807; Thoughts on various objects of Industry pursued in Scotland, 8vo, half calf, 1st Edn., Edinburgh, 1790 (2) £100-200

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127 125 125 NAPIER (William John) A Treatise on Practical Store-Farming as applicable to the mountainous region of Etterick Forest, 8vo, folding map frontis., 2 plates, folding table, half calf, 1st Edn., Edinburgh, 1822; ROBERTSON (George) Rural Recollections, 8vo, frontis (reattached), 1 plate, later quarter calf, Irvine, Cunninghame Press for the Author, 1829 (2) £100-150

127 PARKINSON (Richard) Treatise on the Breeding and Management of Livestock, 2 vols, 8vo, 8 engr. plates, half calf (hinges cracked, slight foxing etc., 1st Edn., L., 1810; PARKINSON (Richard) The English Practice of Agriculture, 8vo, 3 engr. plates, half calf, 1st Edn., L., 1806; [PARKINSON (Richard) The Experienced Farmer, Enlarged and Improved, 2 vols, 8vo. 4 engr. plates, tree calf, L., 1807 (5) £200-400

128 126 128 126 PARKER (Thomas) An Essay, or Practical Inquiry concerning the Hanging & Fastening of Gates and Wickets, 8vo, 4 plates (trimmed), recent half-calf, 1st Edn., L., 1801; and the 1804 2nd Edn, presentation copy, 6 plates, original boards (2) £150-250

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PETERS (Matthew) The Rational Farmer: or a Treatise on Agriculture and Tillage, 8vo, engr. folding frontispiece, contemp. half calf, 2nd Edn., L., 1771; together with: PETERS (M.) Winter Riches, or a Miscellany of Rudiments, 8vo, 1 engr. plate, text illus., rebacked, L., 1771 (2) £150-200

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129 PLAT (Sir Hugh) The Jewel House of Art and Nature: containing Divers Rare and Profitable Inventions, together with sundry new Experiments in the Art of Husbandry . . . Distillation . . Whereunto is added, A Rare and Excellent Discourse of Minerals, Stones, [etc.] by D.B., sm. 4to, pp.

[8], 232 (recte, some mispagination), sprinkled calf with acorn cornerpieces in blind, rebacked, 2nd Edn., L., Alsop, 1653 Wing P2390; Duveen 476; Bitting p.373; Cagle 935; Simon BG 1186; Kress 889; Goldsmiths’ 1294 £1,000-1,500

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130 PLATTES (Gabriel) Practical Husbandry improved, sm. 4to, pp. [8], 92, title-page distressed with loss and laid down, repairs to page corners, etc., browned, recent half calf, L., Edward Thomas, 1656; PLAT (Sir Hugh) The Garden of Eden. Or, an accurate Description of all Flowers and Fruits now growing in England, sm. 8vo, 2 parts in 1, defective, i.e. lacking pp. 145/6 in part 1, & pp. 147/8 in the second part, old calf (very worn), 5th Edn., L., William Leake, 1660; and a defective copy of J. Smith’s ‘Profit and Pleasure United: or, The Husbandman’s Magazine,’ sole edition, L., 1704 (3) £200-400

132 PRICE (Daniel) A System of Sheep Grazing and Management as Practiced in Romney Marsh, 4to, pp. viii, 488, map frontis., 11 plates, half calf, (foxing, public library stamps to title, plates, etc.), L., 1809 £100-200

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PLATTES (Gabriel) A Discovery of Infinite Treasure, Hidden since the VVorld’s Beginning, sm. 4to, pp. [36, incl. initial blank], 92, expert marginal repairs to title-page and 1 or 2 closed tears, some browning, L., Printed by I.L., 1639 Fussell p.38; STC 19998. Diverse subject matter including overseas plantations, technology, etc. £400-700

QUAYLE (Thomas) General View of the Agriculture of the Isle of Man, 8vo, folding handcol’d map, folding table, L., 1812; bound with other surveys of Durham, etc., by Bailey (1) £100-150

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134 RANDALL (Joseph) The Construction and extensive Use of the Universal Seed-Furrow Plough . . . Also . . . The Construction of a Draining Plough . . . a Potatoe-Drill Machine [etc.], 4to, pp. xi (ii), xiii-xiv, (I, blank), (11)-97, (slight foxing front and back), 7 folding engr. plates (some offsetting), quarter calf (rebacked), 1st Edn., L., Wilkie, [1764] Randall was Master of the Academy at Heath, near Wakefield. Fussell, More Old English Farming Books, p. 58.

Bookplate of Earl Fitzwilliam. £500-800

135 RIGBY (Edward) Framingham, its Agriculture &c. including The Economy of a Small Farm, 8vo, folding plate, Norwich, 1820; bound in half calf (worn) with: RIGBY (E.) Holkham, Its Agriculture, 3rd Edn. with “Addenda”, Norwich, 1818 (2 vols in 1) £100-200

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[RINGSTEAD (Josiah)] The Cattle-Keeper’s Assistant; or Complete Directory . . . Also An Account of the Prices of Drugs and Compounds, 8vo, stitched as issued, defective at end (i.e. lacking pages), L., Printed for W. Clements, 1789; together with another defective copy of a different edition, “Printed for J. Sadler,” ca. 1790, with some ms. marginalia (2, w.a.f.)

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137 137 ROWLANDS (Henry) Idea Agriculturae. The Principles of Vegetation asserted and defended, 8vo, pp. [2], lii (recte lxii), 63-288, contemp. calf (rebacked, fresh end-papers), 1st Edn reissue, Dublin, 1764 In this issue, the printed dedication by the editor (curiously dated 1766) is to Paul Panton, of Anglesey. This is Panton’s copy, with his exlibris bookplate (reaffixed to the front paste-down) and an ink note and his name on the front-free end-paper. £150-200

139 139 [SHAW or SHAWE (John)] How to order any Land, so it may reteyne all the moisture that falleth thereon. And how to Improve it thereby, 4to, drop-head title, pp. 8, woodcut floral initials (4), some ink underlining, paper a bit toned, untrimmed, s.n., s.l., s.a. [London, Bernard Alsop, 1637] ESTC locates 3 copies. One of the floral initials depicts tulips. £300-500

138 138 RUSSELL (Joseph) A New System of Agriculture, 8vo, engr. frontis & 1 plate, half calf (worn), 1st Edn., [Warwick] 1840; RUSSELL (Joseph) Treatise on Agriculture, 8vo, 2 plates, recent boards, 2nd Edn., 1840; DICKSON (R.W.) The Farmer’s Companion, thick 8vo, 104 plates, pagination irregular at the back, half calf (rebacked), 2nd Edn., L., [1813] (3, w.a.f.) £80-120

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140 140 SHIRREFF (John) An Account of the Grubber, an Instrument, recently introduced into East Lothian, 8vo, engraved frontis., recent half calf, Edinburgh, 1814; GRAY (Andrew) The Plough-Wright’s Assistant; or, A Practical Treatise on Various Implements, 8vo, 16 folding plates, (foxing), half calf, Edinburgh, 1808; and a defective copy of Hardy, on Drill-Husbandry (3) £150-200

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141 141 SINCLAIR (Sir John) The Code of Agriculture; including Observations on Gardens, Orchards, Woods, and Plantations, 8vo, portrait frontispiece, 9 plates, half calf (rebacked), 1st Edn., L., 1817; SINCLAIR (Sir John) An Account of the Systems of Husbandry of Scotland, 2 vols, 14 plates etc., half calf, 2nd Edn., Edinburgh, 1813; SINCLAIR (Sir John) Essays on Miscellaneous Subjects, 8vo, 3 plates, 2 tables, green half calf, contemp. bookplate of George John, Earl De la Warr, L., 1802 (4) £200-400

143 143 SKELLETT (Edward, Professor) A Practical Treatise on the Parturition of the Cow, or Extraction of the Calf, and on the Diseases of Neat Cattle in general, 4to, lacks half-title, pp. (iii)-xi (i), 264, 13 plates, contemp. flamed calf by S. Johnson of Preston (ticket on front paste down) 2nd Edn., L., 1811 £200-400

142 142 SINCLAIR (Sir John) Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis: or, an account of the results of experiments . . . of different GRASSES, 8vo, 60 hand-col’d plates, later quarter calf (pp. 214/5 torn across, one or two ink blots in the text), 2nd Edn., L., 1825; together with a copy of the 4th Edn., and LOWE (Edward) A Natural History of British Grasses, 8vo, chromo plates, prize calf, 1st Edn., L., 1864 (3) £100-200

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144 144 SMALL (James) A Treatise on Ploughs and Wheel Carriages, 8vo, pp. [6], x, 11-255 (1), 5 folding engr. plates, some moderate foxing, contemporary half calf, 1st Edn., Edinburgh, For the Author, 1784 £150-250

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146 SMITH (Robert) The Universal Directory for taking alive and destroying Rats, and all other kinds of four-footed and winged Vermin, 8vo, 6 plates (4 folding), contemporary mottled calf, (a little rubbed), a few small ink blots in the margins and in the text of pp.

123/124, London, For the Author, 1768 According to the title-page, Smith was rat catcher to Princess Amelia. A printed note pasted to the front end-paper warns of pirate or unauthorised printings of the book. £150-250

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145 SMITH (Captain John) Englands Improvement Reviv’d: In a treatise of all manner of Husbandry & Trade . . Plainly discovering the several ways of Improving all sorts of Waste and Barren Grounds, Enrich all Earths . . several Seeds and Plants which most naturally thrive . . . Planting all sorts of Timber-trees . . . Directions to make Walks, Groves, Orchards, Gardens, . . . Plants, Herbs and their Physical Use . . . An Alphabet of all Herbs . . . the way of Oredering Cattel . . Sheep, Dear, Conies, Fowles, Bees, Silk-worms [etc.], sm. 4to, pp. [14], 270, [2, blank], contemp. calf (rebacked), 2nd Edn., L., 1673 Wing s.4093. Kress 1345. Keynes, Evelyn, 125.

Provenance: Owner names in ink on title A. Fletcher, “James Ruthven – bought at sale,” W. Fettes Douglas. £200-400

147 147 SOCIETY of GENTLEMEN. The Complete Farmer: or, a general Dictionary of Husbandry in all its branches, large folio, engr. frontispiece & 34 plates, contemp. calf gilt (expertly rebacked), ink owner name of Jas. Penrose on t.p., 4th Edn., L., [1793, date from frontispiece] £100-150

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148 148 SOMERVILLE (John, Lord) Facts and Observations relative to Sheep, Wool, Ploughs, and Oxen, 8vo, 10 plates (incl. frontis. & 3 folding), 36 pp. catalogue of agric. books present, untrimmed in original boards (rebacked), 3rd Edn., L., 1809 £80-140

SOMERVILLE (John, Lord) The System Followed During the Two Last Years by the Board of Agriculture Further Illustrated. With Dissertations on the Growth and Produce of Sheep and Wool, as well Spanish as English. Also, Observations Upon the Poor, and Poor Laws. To which are Added, Remarks on the Modes of Culture and Implements of Husbandry, used in Portugal, and an Inquiry into the Causes of the Present Scarcity, and Means Proposed to Remedy it in Future, 4to, pp. [4, incl. initial blank], 187 (1, Directions), 6 plates, contemp. half calf (hinges cracked), 1st Edn., L., Miller, 1800 Quoted by Darwin in his “Origin of Species.” Four locations noted in ESTC. With the 1873 Woburn Abbey bookplate on the front pastedown. £100-200

150 SOMERVILLE (Robert, of Haddington) Outlines of the Fifteenth Chapter of the Proposed General Report . . . On the Subject of Manures, 4to, pp. 89 (1), 36 (Addenda by Scandella, Smithe, et al.), recent quarter calf, L., W. Bulmer, 1794 With a full page woodcut diagram of a dung hill at page 28. £80-120

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151 SPEED (Adolphus) Adam Out of Eden, or, an abstract of divers excellent experiments touching the advancement of husbandry, sm. 8vo, pp. [8], 163 [i.e.

179], [7, incl. penultimate blank & final leaf with longtitudinal title], 2 or 3 page numbers shaved, a little browning, contemp. sheep (worn, rebacked), 1st Edn., L., Brome, 1659 [i.e. 1658] Wing S.4877; Henrey 349; Rothamsted p. 140; McDonald pp. 103107. Diverse contents, including discussion of opium traps for deer. £400-600

152 STELE (James) An Essay on Manufacturing Milk into Butter and Cheese; and on CalfFeeding, 12mo, untrimmed in later full calf, Glasgow, 1st Edn., 1794; together with an ex-library copy of the 2nd Edn., Edinburgh, 1802 (2) £200-300

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153 155 153 SWITZER (Stephen) The Nobleman Gentleman, and Gardener’s Recreation, 8vo, engraved frontispiece, panel calf (hinge repairs; slight waterstaining), 1st Edn., L., 1715 First Edition of the author’s first book. £300-500

155 TOPHAM (Thomas) A New Compendious System on Several Diseases incident to Cattle, 8vo, pp. 422-432 comprise the mainly Yorkshire list of subscribers, calf (neatly repaired), 1st Edn., York, 1787; LAWRENCE (John) A General Treatise on Cattle, the Ox the Sheep, and the Swine, 8vo, recent half calf, 2nd Edn., L., 1809 (2) £150-200

156 156 154 154 TINDALL (John) Tindalls Yorkshire Farriery, being a Treatise on the Diseases of Horses, . . . Never before published, 8vo, untrimmed in recent quarter red morocco, Huddersfield, 1814 £80-140

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TOWNE (Leonard) The Farmers Directory . . . Complete Farrier . . . Domestic Instructor, 4to, 19 plates, recent half calf, L., [1822]; POTTS (Thomas) The British Farmer’s Cyclopaedia, 4to, pictorial title missing lower half, plates, rebound, L., 1807; EVELYN (John) Silva: or, A Discourse of Forest Trees, folio, text illus., contemp. panel calf (rebacked), L., 1729 (3) £150-250

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157 TROWELL (Samuel) & ELLIS (William) The Farmer’s Instructor, 8vo, with the half-title and engraved frontispiece, mottled calf (worn), L., 1747; TROWELL (Samuel) A New Treatise of Husbandry, Gardening, and other Curious Matters, 8vo, contemp. calf (hinge repairs), L., 1739; and another copy (3) £150-250

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TULL (Jethro) The Horse-hoeing Husbandry: or, an Essay on the Principles of Tillage and Vegetation. Wherein is shewn a Method of introducing a sort of Vineyard-Culture into the Corn-fields, In order to Increase their Product, and diminish the common Expence, folio, with the imprimatur leaf, 6 folding plates; and the “Supplement” of 1736, contemp. calf (rebacked), L., Printed for the Author,1733 First Editions of both parts. £250-400

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160 IRELAND] [TULL (Jethro) The New Horse-Houghing Husbandry: or, An Essay on the Principles of Tillage and Vegetation. Wherein is shewn, a method of introducing a sort of Vineyard-Culture into the corn-fields, in order to increase their product, and diminish the common expence, by the use of instruments lately invented, 8vo, pp. xvi, 17-88, woodcut vignettes, later half calf, Dublin, Rhames, 1731 First Irish Edition, same year as the London edition which preceded it. RASE bookplate. Bound with a 3 pp. (+1 blank) prospectus, caption title, “October 28, 1731. A Society being formed in Dublin for improving the Husbandry, Arts, and Manufactures of this Kingdom, they have thought proper to communicate their Design to the Publick...,” folded, some dust-soiling. This is the first publication of The Dublin Society, founded in June, 1731, apparently unrecorded. £1,500-2,500

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161 TUSSER (Thomas) Five Hundred Points of Good Husbandry, sm. 4to, final leaf in ms. in an 18th c. hand, 18th c. sprinkled calf, ink owner name of W. Mason, 1770, and an earlier signature on p. 5, L., 1614; TUSSER (T.) Tusser Redivivus, 8vo, panel calf rebacked, L., 1710 (2) £500-700

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TWAMLEY (J.) Essays on the Management of the Dairy . . . the Manufacture of Cheese and Butter . . . New edition, 12mo, text illus., first and last pages repaired (silked), recent half-calf, L., 1816; Dairying Exemplified, or the Business of Cheese-Making, 8vo, calf (rebacked, R.A.S.E. copy with occasional ink-stamps), 2nd Edn., Warwick, 1787 (2) £150-200

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164 [VARIOUS AUTHORS] Gleanings from Books on Agriculture, 8vo, engr. frontis., recent half calf, 1st Edn., L., 1801; Foreign Essays on Agriculture and Arts consisting chiefly of the most Curious Discoveries, 8vo, calf, Oglander bookplate, L., 1765; [YOUNG (Arthur) editor:] Annals of Agriculture . . Vol. 1 [only], 8vo, calf. L., 1784 (3) £100-150

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A great diversity of material by a wide variety of authors: Rocque, Thicknesse, et alia. £200-400

VARLEY or VARLO (Charles) A Treatise on Agriculture, intitled the Yorkshire Farmer, 2 vols, 8vo, 5 wood-engraved plates (3 folding), 3 folding tables, contemp. sprinkled calf, with contemp. bookplate and owner name on title-page, Dublin, 1766 (2) A near fine set, with the subscribers list, of this work by Charles Varlo or Varley (1725-ca. 1795), inventor of the “Yorkshire” or “Rotherham plough”, who farmed extensively in Yorkshire, Ireland, and America.

Fussell II, pp. 90/91. £200-400

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167 VARLO or VARLEY (Charles) A New System of Agriculture. From Experiments never before made public . . ., 3 vols, 8vo, large folding table, and large folding woodcut plate, contemporary half calf, expertly rebacked, 2nd Edn., York, Printed for the Author by N. Nickson, 1771 (3) The plate shows the author’s “new invented machine for . . . husbandry.” This edition carries an extra leaf of subscribers, totalling 152. ESTC locates 4 sets in America, and 1 in the UK (BL). £150-250

WILLIAMSON (Capt. Thomas) Agricultural Mechanism; or, A Display . . . of the Vehicles, Implements, and Machinery connected with Husbandry, 8vo, 20 engr. plates, calf (rebacked but upper hinge going), ex-lib RASE with stamps verso title and last page, 1st edn., L., 1810; ANSTRUTHER (Sir John) Remarks on the Drill Husbandry . . . from Actual Experiments, 8vo, 5 plates, 1st Edn., L., 1796 (2) £150-200

170 168 168 WESTON (Richard) A New Cheap Manure. A Treatise 0n Alabaster, or Gypsum, 8vo, faint oval stamp of the RASE, recent half calf, [L.,] 1791; MORLEY (John, of Blickling) Cheap & Profitable Manure, & c. Plain and Easy Directions, 8vo, Easton Neston copy, boards (rebacked, 2nd Edn., Norwich, Stanhopian Press, [1810], and a 3rd Edn. of Morley’s work, Stanhopian Press, 1812 (3) £200-300

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170 [WIMPEY (Joseph)] Rural Improvements, 8vo, calf, 2nd Edn., L., 1775; WINTER (George) A New and Compendious System of Husbandry. Containing the Mechanical, Chemical, and Philosophical Elements of Agriculture, 8vo, 1 engr. plate, (some dampstaining etc. to contents), untrimmed in recent half calf, 1st Edn., Bristol, 1787; STONE (Thomas) An Essay on Agriculture, 8vo, tree calf (rebacked), 1st Edn., Lynn, 1785 (3) £150-250

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172 172 [WORLIDGE (John)] A Compleat System of Husbandry and Gardening; or, The Gentleman’s Companion in the Business and Pleasures of a Country Life, 8vo, 1 folding engr. plate, recent quarter calf, 1st Edn., L., 1716; [WORLIDGE (J.)] The Second Parts of Systema Agriculturae . . . and Vinetum Britannicum, 8vo, engr. frontis., lower corner of title torn away with loss of date, 5 plates, license leaf fixed to front paste-down, recent calf, L., [ca. 1689]; NOURSE (Tim) Campania Foelix. Or, A Discourse of . . . Husbandry, 8vo, frontis, contents browned etc., L., 1700 (3, w.a.f.) £150-200

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WORLEDGE (John) Systema Agriculturae, The Mystery of Husbandry Discovered, folio, pp.

[32, incl. additional engr. pictorial title preceded by explanatory leaf], 278, [6], full calf, L., Printed by T. Johnson for Samuel Speed, 1669; together with a defective copy of the 3rd Edn. of 1681 (2) First Edition, 1669. Wing W3598. Early owner inked name of Wm. Griffiths on title; printed blue label of Gloddaeth Library on front pastedown. £300-400

YOUNG (Arthur) Travels During the Years 1787, 1788, and 1789 . . . the Kingdom of France, 4to, 3 folding maps, 1st edn., L., 1792; together with the 2 vol. 2nd Edition of 1794, rebacked, ex-libris Wimbledon Library (3) £200-300

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174 174 [YOUNG (Arthur) The Farmer’s Letters to the People of England, 2 vols, 8vo, tree calf gilt, ducal armorial in blind to covers, 3rd Edn., L., 1771; another copy, the 1st Edn., calf (rebacked, lib. blindstamps), L., 1768; The Farmer’s Guide in Hiring and Stocking Farms, 2 vols, calf, 1st Edn., 1770; Farmer’s Calendar, 2 plates, 6th Edn., L., 1805; A Six Week Tour Through the Southern Counties of England, 1st Edn., 1768; The Farmers Tour Through the East of England, 4 vols, 1st Edn., L., 1771; A Tour of Ireland, 2 vols, rebacked, 1st Edn.,L., 1780; A Six Month Tour Through the North of England, 4 vols, recent quarter calf, 2nd Edn., L., 1771; A Course of Experimental Agriculture, 4 vols, recent half calf, Dublin, 1771; Rural Oeconomy, calf, 1st Edn., L., 1770 (22) £300-500

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175 175 [YOUNG (Arthur] Observations on the Present State of the Waste Lands . . . Published on the Occasion of the Establishment of a New Colony on the Ohio, 8vo, pp.

83 (1), 1st Edn., L., 1773; bound with: The Expediency of the Free Exportation of Corn, 2nd Edn., L., 1770; [and] Proposals . . . for Numbering the People, 1st Edn., L., 1771; together with: [YOUNG (Arthur)] The Farmer’s Kalendar, 8vo, calf, 1st Edn., L., 1771; together with: BAKER (J.W.) An Abridgement of the Six Weeks, and Six Months Tours of Arthur Young, 12mo, folding frontis. (torn), later half calf (worn) sole edition, Dublin, 1771 (3) £200-400

176 176 AGRICULTURAL BIBLIOGRAPHY, Yorkshire topography, etc., a misc. collection (1 box) £40-70

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177 [CLEVELAND] ATKINSON (J.C.) The History of Cleveland Ancient and Modern, 4to, tinted litho plates, some damage / holes in pp. 69-72, recent full calf gilt, Barrow-inFurness, 1874; and 4 other vols on Cleveland topography and history (5) £150-250

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[YORKSHIRE DIALECTS] ATKINSON (J.C.) A Glossary of Cleveland Dialect, 4to, 6 pp. a.l.s from the author loose within, recent half calf, L., 1868; & 2 other books on dialect (3) £50-100

[CRICKET] HUDSON & KEARNS, publishers: “Famous Cricketers and Cricket Grounds,” 18 parts with title-pages bound in 1 vol, folio, half burgundy leather (rebacked), [1895]; & 2 copies of “The Book of Cricket,” a/f (3) £60-120

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Catalogue compiled by Ian Marr Ian Marr, based in Edinburgh, has been cataloguing and valuing rare books and manuscripts, on behalf of institutions and private clients, for over 35 years.

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THE GLAISDALE AGRICULTURAL LIBRARY The Auction Centre, Leyburn North Yorkshire DL8 5SG 01969 623780 enquiry@tennants-ltd.co.uk www.tennants.co.uk

The Private Collection of a Yorkshire Agriculturalist FRIDAY 30 SEPTEMBER 2022