Agriculture
Collection of treatises, 18th and early-19th century
£882
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
including: Dickson, Adam. A Treatise of Agriculture. Edinburgh: for A. Kincaid and J. Bell, 1770. New edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary sprinkled calf, twin morocco labels, 2 engraved folding plates, volume 1 front joint cracked but firm, shelfmark in white ink to foot of spine, tears in L1 and L4 (text intact) [ESTC T51622];
[Young, Arthur]. The Farmer's Kalendar. London: Robinson and Roberts, 1771. First edition, 8vo, contemporary calf, half-title [ESTC T121921];
Harter, Walter. Essays on Husbandry. London: for W. Frederick, at Bath, 1770. Second edition, corrected and enlarged, 8vo, contemporary calf, rebacked with original gilt spine laid down, 5 engraved botanical plates, woodcuts in text, advertisement leaf, annotations to initial blanks [ESTC T96317];
Gibson, William. The True Method of Dieting Horses. London; for John Osborn and Tho. Longman, 1726. Second edition, corrected, 8vo, contemporary mottled calf, covers blind-tooled with decorative frames enclosing baron's coats of arms, browning, front joint cracked (board held by archival tape verso) [ESTC T94760];
Lawson, A. The Farmer's Practical Instructor. Newcastle upon Tyne: Mackenzie and Dent, 1827. First edition, 8vo, contemporary marbled sheep, engraved portrait frontispiece, 10 engraved plates;
and 6 others (these not collated): Edward Lisle, Observations in Husbandry, 1757 (second edition, 2 volumes, contemporary calf, folding portrait frontispiece, one spine-label perished, markings of Portsmouth City Library to endpapers, versos of title-pages, and final text-leaf of each volume); John Lawrence, The Modern Land Steward, 1806 (second edition, contemporary marbled sheep, damp-staining); Robert Forsyth, The Principles and Practice of Agriculture, 1804 (2 volumes, contemporary half calf, engraved plates); [Thomas Horne], The Complete Grazier, 1805 (contemporary half calf, engraved plates); Sir John Sinclair, Essays on Miscellaneous Subjects, 1802 (contemporary half calf); Robert Maxwell, The Practical Husbandman, 1757 (lacking plate, bookplates of the viscounts Melville); Jethro Tull, The Horse-Hoeing Husbandry, Dublin, 1733 (contemporary 'Spanish' calf, lacking plates)
Footnote
Provenance: The Library of the late John Watson Ravenshear, with his bookplates.