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Click here to subscribeAmerica.- Washington (George) Letters from His Excellency General Washington, to Arthur Young, Esq. F.R.S. Containing an account of his husbandry, with a map of his farm, first edition, half-title, engraved folding map of Mount Vernon by Neele after a drawing by Washington, advertisements, library cloth, [Sabin 101719], 8vo, 1801.
Irrigation.- Tatham (William) National Irrigation, or the Various Methods of Watering Meadows, first edition, half-title, 7 engraved plates, light spotting, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, lacking spine, 1801 § Browne (John) A Treatise on Irrigation, or the Watering of Land, list of subscribers, 4 aquatint plates, some offsetting, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, vellum tips, 1817 § Menon (L.F.H. de, Marquis de Turbilly) A Discourse on the Cultivation of Waste and Barren Lands, Part I [all published], library cloth, 1762 § Page (Sir Thomas Hyde) An Account of the Commencement and Progress of Sinking Wells, at Sheerness, Harwich, and Landguard Fort..., title stained, library cloth, 1797, rubbed; and 3 others, 8vo (7)
Fruit-trees.- Forsyth (William) A Treatise on the Culture and Management of Fruit-Trees, first edition, 13 engraved folding plates, foxing or staining, offsetting to plates, final leaf frayed at inner margin, contemporary sprinkled calf, spine gilt, a little worn, covers detached, 1802 § Hitt (Thomas) A Treatise of Fruit-Trees, second edition, with binder's leaf at end, 7 engraved plates, all but one folding, some torn and repaired, contemporary calf, head of spine worn, for the Author..., 1757 § La Quintinye (Jean de) The Complete Gard'ner, fifth English edition, engraved frontispiece, 10 folding engraved plates and illustrations in text, contemporary ink inscription "H.Middleton His Book 1735" on verso of frontispiece (showing through), another to title (partly erased and pasted over) and front free endpaper, contemporary panelled calf, for Andrew Bell, 1710 § Lyon (P.) Observations on the Barrenness of Fruit Trees..., first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, 16pp. catalogue at end, contemporary ink inscription at head of title, heavily foxed, later cloth-backed boards, uncut, Edinburgh, 1813, all rubbed; and 2 others on fruit trees, 4to & 8vo (6)
India.- Tennant (Rev. William) Indian Recreations; consisting chiefly of Strictures on the Domestic and Rural Economy of the Mahommedans & Hindoos, 2 vol., first edition, 5 engraved plates, contemporary tree sheep, spines gilt, a little rubbed, Edinburgh, Printed by C. Stewart, 1803 § [Colebrooke (H.T.)] Remarks on the Husbandry and Internal Commerce of Bengal, some leaves loose, contemporary calf, rebacked, worn, 1806 § Royle (J.F.) Essay on the Productive Resources of India, original cloth, worn and soiled, 1840; and another similar, 8vo (5)
Chemistry.- Black (Joseph) Lectures on the Elements of Chemistry, delivered in the University of Edinburgh, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece a little water-stained, 3 engraved plates, vol.2 3K1 with clean tear through page, uncut in later cloth-backed boards, [Duveen p.81], 4to, Edinburgh, Printed by Mundell and Son, 1803.
Hunter (Alexander) Georgical Essays, 6 vol., half-titles, 13 engraved plates, browned and offsetting, contemporary half calf, spines gilt in compartments with gilt devices, a little rubbed [Fussell p.21], 1803-04 § Forbes (Francis) Miscellaneous Dissertations on Rural Subjects, A.N.s. from the author tipped in at front, 3 folding engraved plates, library cloth, [Fussell p.113], for G.Robinson, 1775 § [Dickson (Adam)] A Treatise on Agriculture, first edition, 2 folding engraved plates, spotting, contemporary calf, new spine label, upper cover detached, [Fussell p.56], Edinburgh, by A.Donaldson, 1762 § Donaldson (William) Agriculture Considered as a Moral and Political Duty, first edition, occasional browning, 19th century half calf, [not in Fussell], for T.Becket, 1775; and 8 others, husbandry, 8vo (17)
Loudon (John Claudius) Observations on the Formation and Management of Useful and Ornamental Plantations..., first edition, 8 engraved plates only (of 10, lacking plates 2 & 8), 2 folding, contemporary ink inscription to title, browned, contemporary diced calf, rebacked with red morocco gilt spine, Edinburgh, 1804; An Encyclopaedia of Cottage, Farm, and Villa Architecture and Furniture, first edition, half-title, illustrations, contemporary half morocco, spine faded, 1833; An Encyclopaedia of Gardening, illustrations, upper hinge broken, contemporary calf, spine faded and torn at head, 1834; An Encyclopaedia of Agriculture, first edition, illustrations, original boards, uncut, lower joint split and cover detached, 1825, foxing, rubbed; and another by the same, 8vo (5)⁂ The first is the author's first book.
Amos (William) Minutes in Agriculture and Planting...Illustrated with Specimens of Eight Sorts of the Best and Two Sorts of the Worst Natural Grasses, first edition, half-title, 10 specimens of dried grass on 3 ff., each with original printed label, 9 engraved plates (2 hand-coloured), occasional foxing, bookplate, contemporary half calf, spine label becoming loose, corners bumped, rubbed, 4to, Boston [Lincs.], Printed by J. Hellaby, 1804.Provenance: S. Hanbury (bookplate).
Hemp.- Wissett (Robert) On The Cultivation And Preparation Of Hemp: As Also, Of An Article, Produced In Various Parts Of India, Called Sunn, first edition, presentation inscription 'To Lord Sheffield from the author' to title, 5 engraved plates, original boards, rubbed and scuffed, Printed by Cox and Son, 1804; A Treatise on Hemp, including a Comprehensive Account of the Best Modes of Cultivation and Preparation as practised in Europe, Asia, and American; with Observations on thSunn Plant of India, which may be introduced as a Substitute for Many of the Purposes to which Hemp is now exclusively applied, half-title, 5 engraved plates, occasional light browning, library cloth, [Kress B5471; Goldsmiths 19621], for J.Harding, 1808, 4to (2)
Cattle.- Lawrence (John) A General Treatise on Cattle, first edition, contemporary tree calf, 1805 § Curwen (J.C.) Hints on the Economy of Feeding Stock, and Bettering the Condition of the Poor, first edition, half-title, engraved frontispiece, 4 plates, 3 folding tables, browning, contemporary diced calf, worn, upper cover detached, 1808 § Ringsted (Josiah) The Cattle-Keeper's Assistant, third edition, [1774]; bound with Trusler (Dr. John) Practical Husbandry, first edition, 2 advertisement leaves at end, Printed for the Author, 1780, together in contemporary calf § Dowling (Patrick) A Practical Treatise on the Parturition of the Cow, list of subscribers, 3 lithograph plates, cloth-backed boards, Dublin, 1835; and 10 others on cattle, 8vo (14)
Scotland.- Barry (George) The History of the Orkney Islands, first edition, list of subscribers, engraved frontispiece, 10 plates and folding map, advertisement leaf at end, a little foxed and soiled, some offsetting, original boards, uncut, old cloth reback, Edinburgh, 1805 § Martin (Martin) A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, second edition, folding engraved map and plate, map torn, contemporary mottled calf, gilt, upper joint split, spine worn at head, for A.Bell, 1716 § Hall (Rev. James) Travels in Scotland...with a Trip to the Orkneys and Hebrides, 2 vol., first edition, engraved double-page map, engraved plates, foxed, old cloth, 1807 § Edmonston (Arthur) A View of the Ancient and Present State of the Zetland Islands, 2 vol., first edition, engraved map (offset onto title), later panelled calf, gilt, by Fleming of Glasgow, spines gilt with red and green labels, Edinburgh, 1809, rubbed; and 7 others on Scotland, v.s. (13)
Loudon (John Claudius) A Treatise on Forming, Improving, and Managing Country Residences... in Constructing or Improving Mansions and Other Rural Building, so as to Combine Architectural Fitness with Picturesque Effect, 2 vol., first edition, half-titles, 32 engraved plates, one double-page, one with overslip, binder's/errata leaf at end of vol.2, some spotting, mostly marginal, light offsetting, F1 in vol.1 defective at lower outer corner through paper flaw (not affecting text), original boards, uncut, a little worn, covers detached, 4to, 1806.
Water Meadows.- Smith (William) Observations on the Utility, Form and Management of Water Meadows...With an Account of Prisley Bog, first edition, 2 folding engraved plates, Norwich, 1806 bound with Farmer's Magazine (The), vol.14, title bound at end of section, Edinburgh, 1813 and Report of the Committee of the African Institution...together with the Rules and Regulations, 1807 and [Croker (J.W.)] The Battles of Talavera. A Poem, 44pp., second edition, presentation copy from Capt. Campbell 3rd Guards to his colleague Capt. Mercer in Spain inscribed on half-title, [COPAC lists many editions but nothing earlier than third edition], 1809 and an account of the trial of Louis XIV, together 5 works in 1 vol., some browning or soiling, contemporary sheep with "Barraldine" in gilt on upper cover, a little worn, joints split, 8vo
Gallandius (Petrus ) & Adrianus Turnebus, editors. De Agrorum Conditionibus, & constitutionibus limitum, collation: *2 A-Z AA-KK4 LL2a-b4, c2, 1 small tipped-in woodcut plate, woodcut illustrations and diagrams in text and decorative initials, occasional spotting, contemporary limp vellum, stained black, Paris, Adrianus Turnebus, 1554.⁂ First edition of this work on land management. Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date ?1917.Literature: Adams G147.
Coffee.- Lowndes (John) The Coffee-Planter, or, An Essay on the Cultivation and Manufacturing of that Article of West-India Produce, first edition, folding aquatint frontispiece and 5 folding plates, some very light offsetting, bookplate to pastedown, contemporary tree calf, corners and spine ends a little bumped, [not in Abbey; Kress B.5216; Sabin 42530], 8vo, printed and published by C. Lowndes, 1807.⁂ Rare, the author was a Dominican planter who originally wrote this work as a guide for his estate manager. Provenance: G.R. Porter (bookplate).
Floating land.- Wright (Thomas) The Formation and Management of Floated Meadows... To which is added, A Dissertation on The Size of Farms, first edition, 3 engraved folding plates, some light scattered spotting or browning, original boards, rubbed and chipped, Northampton, 1808; The Art of Floating Land, as is practised in the county of Gloucester, 3 engraved folding plates, library cloth, J. Scatcherd, 1799, 8vo (2)
Comber (William Turner) An Inquiry into the State of National Subsistence, as Connected with the Progress of Wealth and Population, first edition, half-title, original boards, slightly rubbed, corners bumped, joints splitting, spine slightly stained, printed paper label on spine, edges uncut, 8vo, T. Cadell and W. Davies, 1808.
Drainage.- Richardson (William) Plan for Reclaiming the Bog of Allen, and the Other Great Morasses, in Ireland, 34pp., first edition, presentation copy from the author inscribed at head of title, with final leaf of 'Epitome' on Florin Grass, foxed, cropped with loss to inscription and signature at foot of final leaf, library cloth, [COPAC lists 2 copies only: Senate House Library and Trinity College Dublin], Dublin, 1809 § Hodskinson (Joseph) Plain and Useful Instructions to Farmers...upon Drainage, Fences..., first edition, with the final blank, stab-holes, contemporary half russia, spine worn, upper cover detached, [ESTC lists only 5 UK locations including Rothamsted], for the author, [1794] § Johnstone (John) An Account of the Most Approved Mode of Draining Land..., first edition, half-title, engraved plates, some foxing and worming, original boards, uncut, lacking spine, upper cover detached, Edinburgh, 1797; A Systematic Treatise on the Theory and Practice of Draining Land, third edition, lithographed plates, bound with 4 others works on irrigation/hydraulics in Dutch or Italian, contemporary half calf, spine torn, Edinburgh, 1834, rubbed or worn; and 5 others, drainage, 8vo & 4to (9)
Thaer (Albrecht Daniel) Grundsaetze der rationelle Landwirthschaft, 4 vol., first edition, 15 folding tables (a few loose) and 13 folding engraved plates, original boards, worn and stained, Berlin, 1809-12 § Stahl (Georg Ernst) Zymotechnia Fundamentalis, folding title in red and black, some foxing, modern cloth, Frankfurt & Leipzig, 1734; and 24 others, German agriculture, v.s. (29)
Pigs.- Henderson (Robert) Treatise on the Breeding of Swine and Curing of Bacon; With Hints on Agricultural Subjects, first edition, engraved frontispiece and one plate, offset, some light spotting or browning, contemporary half calf, [Kress B5836], Leith, Archibald Allardice, 1811; and a second edition of the same in original boards, 8vo (2)
Loudon (John Claudius) Observations on Laying Out Farms, in the Scotch Style, adapted to England. Comprising an account of the introduction of the Berwickshire Husbandry into Middlesex and Oxfordshire..., first edition, 38 engraved plates and plans (10 hand-coloured including large plate with panoramas and 2 maps, mostly aquatints), some folding or double-page, lacking half-title and with erratic pagination but otherwise complete, frontispiece and title browned, some light offsetting (mostly to and from line engravings), occasional marginal soiling, large folding plate of panoramas torn at central fold slightly affecting middle image, contemporary half calf, rubbed, [Not in Abbey], folio, John Harding, 1812.⁂ Based on Loudon's experiments at Tew Park in Oxfordshire which he rented in 1809 and set up as an agricultural school. Despite significant success financially, he abruptly disbanded the school in 1811 and left for a tour of the Continent (returning in 1814), leaving his publishers to produce the book.
Chemistry.- Davy (Sir Humphry) Elements of Agricultural Chemistry, in a Course of Lectures for the Board of Agriculture, first edition, engraved frontispiece and 9 plates (1 folding), some foxing and offsetting, library buckram, sunned, 1813 § Davy (John) Memoirs of the Life of Sir Humphry Davy, 2 vol., first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, original cloth, spine ends slightly nicked, 1836 § Cochrane (Archibald, Earl of Dundonald) A Treatise shewing the Intimate Connection that subsists between Agriculture and Chemistry, first edition, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, 1795; and 50 others, Chemistry, 4to and 8vo (54)
Corn Laws.- Malthus (T. R.) Observations on the Effects of the Corn Laws, and of a Rise or Fall in the Price of Corn on the Agriculture and General Wealth of the Country, first edition, [Black 2822; Einaudi 3677; Goldsmiths' 20940; Kress B6351], Printed for J. Johnson and Co., 1814; The Grounds of an Opinion on the Policy of Restricting the Importation of Foreign Corn; intended as an Appendix..., first edition, [Black 2876; Einaudi 3672; Goldsmiths' 21177; Kress B6535], Printed for John Murray and J. Johnson, 1815, together 2 works in 1, first with 2 manuscript corrections to p.43, library cloth, 8vo⁂ Two important works published at the height of the Corn Laws debate.
Haynes (Thomas) A Treatise on the Improved Culture of the Strawberry, Raspberry, and Gooseberry, second edition, uncut in original boards, worn, 1814 § Brodigan (Thomas) A Botanical, Historical and Practical Treatise on the Tobacco Plant, first edition, cuttings and ink annotations to endpapers, original cloth, worn, lacking backstrip, 1830 § Hayward (Joseph) The Science of Horticulture, 12 folding lithograph plates, foxing, later half calf, 1818 § Porter (George Richardson) The Nature and Properties of the Sugar Cane, first edition, engraved plates, illustrations, publisher's catalogue (dated 1840) at end, original cloth, spine torn, 1830 § Curtis (William) Directions for Cultivating the Crambe Maritima, or Sea Kale, for the Use of the Table, folding hand-coloured engraved plate, modern morocco, 1799; and 12 others mostly botany and horticulture, 8vo (17)
Pamphlets.- Peall (Thomas) Observations, chiefly Practical, on Some of the more common Diseases of the Horse, together with Remarks upon the general Articles of Diet, and the ordinary stable Management of that Animal, first edition, Cork, 1814 bound with Grosman (J.) A Treatise for the Service of Chemistry in General, marginal notes in ink and pencil, J.Millan, 1766 and Alexander (John) A Paraphrase Upon the Fifteenth Chapter of the First Epistle to the Corinthians, for J.Buckland et al., 1766 and Arimant and Tamira: an Eastern Tale, Charles Marsh, 1707 and Eastern Eclogues; written during a Tour through Arabia, Egypt, and other Parts of Asia an African, engraved title vignette, J.Dodsley, 1780 and [Cox (James)] A Description of a Most Magnificent Piece of Mechanism and Art, 1769 and Charter and Statutes of the Royal Irish Academy, engraved title vignette, Dublin, 1818, together 7 works in 1 vol., occasional light spotting, 19th century half calf, upper cover becoming loose, 4to.
Ireland.- Shaw Mason (William) A Statistical Account or Parochial Survey of Ireland, 3 vol., 39 engraved or lithographed plates and maps, some folding or double-page, foxing, contemporary half roan, extremities worn, spines faded, Dublin, 1814-19 § Newenham (Thomas) A Statistical and Historical Inquiry into the Progress and Magnitude of the Population of Ireland, 2 folding tables, errata leaf, uncut in original boards, spine worn, 1805 § Curwen (J.C.) Observations on the State of Ireland...Agriculture and Rural Population, 2 vol., first edition, uncut in original boards, rubbed and soiled, one backstrip largely defective, 1818; and 15 others, 19th century Irish agriculture etc., 4to and 8vo (21)
Mangel Wurzels.- Rigby (Edward) Suggestions for an Improved and Extended Cultivation of Mangel Wurzel, first edition, errata leaf and advertisement leaf at end, modern cloth, Norwich, [1815] § Newby (Thomas) Beta Depicta, or, Remarks on Mangel Wurzel, etched frontispiece, wood-engraved tail-piece, later half calf, spine ends chipped, 1828 § Commerell (Abbe de) A Treatise on the Culture, Use, and Advantages, of the Plant called Scarcity-Root, translated by M. Sibille, some soiling and light browning, modern buckram, 1787; and 7 others on Mangel Wurzels and Turnips, 8vo (10)
Malthus (Rev. T. R.) An Enquiry into the Nature and Progress of Rent, first edition, first issue with Murray alone (and not with J. Johnson) as publishers, lacking 4ff. advertisements at end, occasional very light browning, later cloth, [Goldsmith 21130; Kress B6537], 8vo, John Murray, 1815.⁂ A good copy of this classic essay by Malthus in which he presented the Malthusian-Ricardian theory of rent for the first time.
Hertfordshire.- Clutterbuck (Robert) The History and Antiquities of the County of Hertford, 3 vol., first edition, 54 engraved maps and plates, 1 map folding, 3 plates hand-coloured, list of subscribers, some gatherings browned, handsome 19th century red morocco, gilt, g.e, corners and joints slightly rubbed, folio, 1815-27.
Grasses.- Russell (John, 6th Duke of Bedford).- Sinclair (George) Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis: or, An Account of the Results of Experiments on the Produce and Nutritive Qualities of different Grasses, and other Plants, used as the food of the more valuable domestic animals, first edition, errata slip tipped in, 35 samples of seeds mounted on 14 leaves, 123 mounted dried specimens with pasted-in printed captions in Latin and English, some leaves highlighted in green, without the folding engraved plan (not found in all copies), light offsetting from samples, contemporary straight-grain brown morocco, borders and spine decorated in blind, g.e., rubbed, mostly at edges, [Nissen BBI 1850, calls for 122 specimens], folio, 1816. ⁂ Sinclair's highly important catalogue of grasses, with actual samples taken from his original experiment. He was botanist and gardener to the Duke of Bedford, to whom the work is dedicated. Sinclair planted the garden at Woburn Abbey with 242 plots containing various soils and sowing different combinations of grasses and herbs. This was one of the first ecological experiments, carried out in order to benefit practical agriculture, and is referred to by Darwin in his On the Origin of Species by Natural Selection.
Salt.- Parkes (Samuel) Thoughts on the Laws Relating to Salt; with arguments for the repeal of those laws, first edition, presentation inscription "from the author" to Prince Augustus Frederick, Duke of Sussex to head of preface, later morocco-backed cloth, for the author, 1817 § Hollinshead (John) Hints to Country Gentlemen and Farmers on the Importance of Using Salt as a General Manure, second edition, title a little soiled, library cloth, Blackburn, Hemingway and Crook, 1800 § Directions to Farmers & Others in the Application and Use of Salt for Agricultural Purposes, By a Farmer, library cloth, Hanley, 1830; and 3 others on salt, 8vo & 4to (6)⁂ The last is especially rare with no copies listed on COPAC.
Weather.- Dalton (John) [A collection of seven papers on meteorology, physics and chemistry], comprising 1. Observations on the Barometer, Thermometer and Rain, at Manchester: From 1794 to 1818 inclusive, 1818; 2. Observations in Meteorology, Particularly with Regard to the Dew-Point, or Quantity of Vapour in the Atmosphere, 1821; 3. Experiments and Observations to determine whether the Quantity of Rain and Dew is equal to the Quantity of Water carried off by the River, engraved hand-coloured map, 1799; 4. Experiments and Observations on the Power of Fluids to conduct Heat, 1799; 5. Experiments on the Velocity of Air Issuing out of a Vessel in Different Circumstances, with the Description of an Instrument to measure the Force of the Blast in Bellows etc., engraved plate, 1800; 6. Experiments and Observations on Phosphoric Acid, 1813; 7. Experiments and Observations on the Combination of Carbonic Acid and Ammonia, 1813, together 7 works in 1 vol., extracted from Memoirs of the Literary and Philosophical Society of Manchester, and others., plates with 'Liverpool Library' ink stamps, library cloth, 8vo.⁂ A good set of papers in first edition including those expressing Dalton's Law (i.e. that in a mixture of gases every gas acts independently).
Gardens.- [Guiol.] Essai sur la Composition et l'Ornement des Jardins..., first edition, half-title, 46 engraved plates, 17 folding, embossed stamp of F.H. Cripps-Day to foot of title and with his signature, later calf-backed boards, Paris, 1818 § Lalos (J.) De la composition des Parcs et Jardins Pittoresques, first edition, 4 engraved plates, 3 folding, occasional browning, original paste-paper boards, uncut, rubbed, Paris, 1817; and 8 others, French, on gardens, trees etc., v.s. (10)⁂ The first is a scarce work on horticulture with designs for garden structures and buildings, windmills etc.; also included is a table of plants with their flowering seasons, preferred soil etc.
Blaikie (Francis) On the Management of Farm-Yard Manure, third edition, folding engraved plate, Printed for John Harding, 1820 bound with A Treatise on the Management of Hedges, and Hedge-Row Timber, second edition, Printed for John Harding, 1820 and On the Conversion of Arable Land into Pasture, first edition, Burnham, Printed and sold by J. Dawson, 1817 and A Treatise on the Management of Hedges..., Printed for H. and W. Wright, 1828 and Rigby (Edward) Holkham, its Agriculture &c., third edition, errata leaf at end, Norwich, Printed by Burks and Kinnerbrook, 1818, together 5 works in 1 vol., later half calf, spine gilt, 8vo⁂ Of Blaikie, Fussell says "His tracts deal with the minutiae of the subject, odd but important details of management and technique, such things as must have occupied him while carrying out his day to day duties." Blaikie managed the estate at Holkham for a number of years, hence the inclusion of Rigby's work in this collection of pamphlets.
Scotland.- Loch (James) An Account of the Improvements on the Estates of the Marquess of Stafford, in the Counties of Stafford and Salop, and on the estate of Sutherland, first edition, half-title, engraved folding map hand-coloured in outline and 39 plates and plans, 3 hand-coloured, light offsetting, library cloth, 1820 § Sinclair (Sir John) Hints regarding Certain Measures Calculated to Improve an Extensive Property, more especially applicable to an estate in the northern parts of Scotland, 2 folding engraved plans, light spotting, later calf-backed boards, [c.1802], 8vo & 4to (2)
Re (Filippo) Nuovi Elementi di Agricoltura, 4 vol., second edition, engraved portrait, advertisement leaf at end of vol.3 & 4, contemporary sheep-backed baords, spines gilt, Milan, 1820-18 § Crescentiis (Petrus de) Del Trattato dell'Agricoltura, 2 vol., titles with woodcut device and lightly soiled, ink inscription "Mylne 1791" to head of first title, contemporary mottled calf, spines gilt, labels chipped, spines worn at head, upper joints split, Naples, 1724; another edition, 3 vol., engraved portrait, some spotting, later purple straight-grained morocco, gilt, spines gilt and slightly faded, Milan, 1805 § [Paoletti (F.)] Pensieri sopra l'Agricoltura, 2 vol., second edition, half-titles, 2 engraved plates at end of vol.1 and errata leaf at end of vol.2, later mottled calf, joints split, Florence, 1789, rubbed; and another on Crescentiis, 8vo (12)
Dandolo (Vincenzo) Sulle Cause dell'Avvilimento delle Nostre Granaglie e sulle Industrie Agrarie..., first edition, half-title, engraved portrait, leaf with printer's note at end, contemporary half roan, spine gilt, marbled boards faded, Milan, 1820 § Beltrame (G.B.) Dottrina Agraria..., library cloth, uncut, Udine, 1789 § Ricci (Jacopo) Catechismo Agrario per uso dei Contadini e dei Giovani Agenti di Campagna, errata leaf at end, light spotting, original limp boards, uncut, Florence, 1815 § Ferrario (G.A.) L'Agente in Campagna..., library cloth, uncut, Milan, 1818 § Landeschi (G.B.) Saggi di Agricoltura, second edition, errata leaf, with another 20pp. work 'Cultura dell'Erba Medica e della Lupinella' bound in at end, browned, contemporary half calf, spine gilt, corners and head of spine worn, Florence, G.Piatti, 1807, 8vo (5)
Manure.- Beatson (Maj.-Gen. Alexander) A New System of Cultivation, without Lime, or Dung, or Summer Fallows, 2 vol. (including supplement), 7 engraved plates, the 3 in supplement folding, foxing to plates, uncut in original boards, spines worn but labels mostly intact, 1820-21 § Bayley (Thomas B.) Thoughts on the Necessity and Advantages of Care and Oeconomy in collecting and preserving different Substances for Manure, later half calf, rubbed, Manchester, 1795 § Ruffin (Edmund) An Essay on Calcareous Manures, foxed, contemporary sheep, upper cover detached, Petersburg, Va., 1832 § Dacre (Rev. B.) Testimonies in favour of Salt as a Manure, uncut in original boards, worn, upper cover detached, Manchester, 1825 § Alexander (James) A Dissertation on Quick-Lime, modern boards, Glasgow, 1779 § Morley (John) Cheap & Profitable Manure, &c., third edition, list of subscribers to first and second editions at end, foxing, uncut in original boards, rubbed and soiled, Norwich, Stanhopian Press, 1812 § Essay (An) on the Utility of Soap-Ashes as a Manure, inscribed "from the author" at head of title and also in his hand "Only forty copies printed on this paper", fine paper copy, folding hand-coloured engraved frontispiece (laid down and soiled), 2 leaves near end with small repaired tears, modern cloth, 1812; and 6 others, similar, 4to and 8vo (14)
Statistical analysis.- Playfair (William) A Letter on our Agricultural Distresses, their Causes and Remedies; accompanied with Tables and Copper-plate Charts, shewing and comparing The Prices of Wheat, Bread, and Labour, from 1565 to 1821. Addressed to the Lords and Commons, first edition, 3 hand-coloured folding engraved plates including 1 with aquatint, light spotting to title, library cloth, [Goldsmiths 23129; Kress C755], 8vo, for William Sams, 1821.⁂ A rare work by Playfair including fine examples of the graphical method of statistical representation which he had introduced to the economic field in his Commercial and Political Atlas (1786).
Fossils.- Mantell (Gideon) The Fossils of the South Downs; or, illustrations of the Geology of Sussex, first edition, 42 engraved plates (2 folding) including the hand-coloured map, index at the end, plates lightly foxed and some a little damp-stained at foot, bookplate, contemporary half morocco, rubbed, 4to, Lupton Relfe, 1822.⁂ Provenance: George Titus Barham (1860-1937), milk wholesaler and collector (bookplate).
Sheep.- [Fairbairn (John)] A Treatise upon Breeding, Rearing and Feeding Cheviot and Black-Faced Sheep in High Districts, first edition, half-title, errata slip at end, uncut in original boards, rubbed and soiled, spine chipped, Berwick-upon-Tweed, for the Author, 1823 § Lasteyrie (C.P.) An Account of the Introduction of Merino Sheep into the Different States of Europe and at the Cape of Good Hope, first English edition, translated by Benjamin Thompson, engraved frontispiece foxed and offset, some foxing and light browning, uncut in original boards, worn and broken, lacking backstrip, 1810 § [Hunt (Charles Henry)] A Practical Treatise on the Merino and Anglo-Merino Breeds of Sheep, first edition, 4pp. advertisements at end, uncut in original boards, printed paper label to upper cover, worn, 1809; and 3 others on breeds of sheep, 8vo (6)
Russia.- Lyall (Robert) The Character of the Russians, and a Detailed History of Moscow, first edition, 13 hand-coloured aquatint plates, 10 plain plates and one large folding engraved plan of Moscow, library blind-stamps to title and plates, occasional spotting or offsetting, lacking half-title, endpapers browned, [Abbey, Travel 224], 4to, 1823⁂ An important work, which includes a fine folding panoramic view of the Kremlin palace from the river Moskva, a catalogue of plants found in the vicinity of the capital, an essay on Russian architecture and an account of Napoleon's burning of Moscow in 1814.
Cato (Marcus Porcius) Varro, Columella & Palladius. Scriptores rei rusticae, second edition, edited by Franciscus Colucia and Georgius Merula, collation: A6 a8 b-c10 d8 e-g10 h8 i6 K-l10 m-z8 &8 [con] 8 [rum] 8 aa8 bb12 cc-dd8 ee-hh10, 302 leaves (complete with all blank leaves b1, i6, k1, and bb), text in single column, 40 lines, type: 96(107)R, Gk, blank spaces for capitals, on first leaves without guide letters, some initials painted in red, a few leaves rubricated, ff. A1, A6, HH1 and HH10 loose, penultimate leaf with marginal repair, final leaf with fore-margin restored, some light marginal foxing and dust-soiling, very big margins, 18° century limp boards, spine with paper label lettered in manuscript, rubbed, upper joint tearing, extremities worn, folio (332 x 235mm.), Reggio Emilia, Bartholomaeus de Bruschis, Bottonus, 5 June 1482.⁂ Second edition of this collection devoted to Roman agricultural writers. One of only three books published by Bartholomaeus de Bruschis in Reggio Emilia, where he was active between 1480 and 1482, in parternship until 1481 with his brother Laurentius. This edition is a substantial reprint of Scriptores rei rusticae of 1472, and also includes, with a few slight changes, the dedicatory letters by Georgius Merula and Franciscus Colucia, appended to Jenson's editio princeps. The leaf added by Bruschis to the last quire signed HH, and bearing the register, is usually lacking in recorded copies. In this copy, like the one in the British Library described in BMC VII 1086, the last word on fol. c2r is printed 'sterc9' and the last on fol. c4r 'ordine'. Provenance: Marquis Giuseppe De Terzi (ex libris on front pastedown; see Catalogue des livres rares et précieux provenant de la bibliothèque de feu M. le marquis De Terzi de Bergame, Paris, 11-23 March 1861, lot 165, "Bel exemplaire de cette édition, extrêmement rare").Rothamsted acquisition date not noted.Literature: ISTC is00347000; HC 14565*; GW M41059; BMC VII 1086; Bod-inc S-123; IGI 8854; Goff S-347; Klebs 902.2.
Belon (Pierre) Les Remonstrances sur le default du labour & culture des plantes, & de la cognoissance d'icelles. Contenant, la manière d'affranchir & apprivoiser les arbres sauvages, collation: ã8 è8 ì8 A-K8, title with woodcut printer's device, full-page woodcut portrait of the author at the age of 36, some foxing, mostly light, but heavier to last few ff., attractive 19th century dark purple straight grain morocco, gilt, g.e., 8vo (169 x 101mm.), Paris, Guillaume Cavellat, 1558.⁂ The exceedingly rare first edition of Belon's last work. Here he gives a list of exotic species of trees that would be usefully introduced into France, as well as advocating that the medical profession of Paris open an establishment to grow exotic plants. Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1924.Literature: Not in Adams; Pritzel 609.
Irish famine.- [Smith (John, editor)] Report of the Committee for the Relief of the Distressed Districts in Ireland, appointed at a General Meeting held at The City of London Tavern, 7th May 1822, with an Appendix, first edition, 3 folding tables, errata slip, library book label, original boards, paper label to spine, loss to head of spine, 8vo, Printed and Sold by William Phillips, 1823.
Grasses.- Sinclair (George) Hortus Gramineus Woburnensis..., second edition, half-title, 60 hand-coloured lithographed plates, some foxing, broken and loose in the original boards, uncut, rubbed, corners bumped, rebacked, 1825 § Knapp (J. L.) Gramina Britannica; or Representations of the British Grasses, first edition, 119 hand-coloured engraved plates, some a little browned, upper hinge weak, contemporary half calf, rubbed, upper joint split, 1804, [Nissen BBI 1850 & 1071]; and an 1824 edition of the first, 8vo & 4to (3)
West (Sir Edward) Price of Corn and Wages of Labour with observations upon Dr. Smith's, Mr. Ricardo's, and Mr. Malthus's Doctrines, first edition, folding lithographed chart opposite title (slightly creased along folds), half-title, 2pp. of advertisements at end, slightly browned, endpapers a little spotted, original boards, corners bumped and worn, printed paper label on spine, label slightly chipped, edges uncut, [Goldsmiths' 24816; Kress C.1813], 8vo, London, John Hatchard, 1826.⁂ "West's The Price of Corn and Wages of Labour (1826), though written in India, was remarkably up to date in its deployment of recent accounts of distress in the British manufacturing districts. He used these to provide an alternative to Smithian, Malthusian, and Ricardian price and wage theory. West's was a demand theory, based in turn on the consumption of the manufacturing classes." - Oxford DNB.
Graham (Sir James) Corn and Currency; in an Address to the Land Owners, first edition, half-title (duplicate of title and half-title), 6pp. advertisements at end, original boards, joint splitting, spine chipped in two places, rubbed, edges uncut, 8vo, 1826.⁂ "In 1826... [Graham]... published a pamphlet, Corn and Currency, which advocated a loosening of monetary policy and a corn tariff low enough to keep down prices and wages and hence maintain the productivity of the general economy." - Oxford DNB. George Smith (1765-1836), of Selsdon Park, Croydon, Surrey and 1 Upper Harley Street.
Farm Buildings.- Waistell (Charles) & Joseph Jopling. Designs for Agricultural Buildings..., first edition, 12 engraved plates, original cloth-backed boards, uncut, worn, spine torn, upper cover detached, 1827 § Parker (Thomas N.) An Essay on the Construction, Hanging, and Fastening of Gates, second edition, 6 folding engraved plates, old boards, uncut, spine with gouge and worn at head, 1804 § Robinson (P.F.) Designs for Farm Buildings, second edition, 56 lithographed plates and plans, advertisement leaf at end, occasional spotting, original roan-backed cloth with roan label on upper cover, rubbed, 1837; and another on cottages and farmhouses, 4to & 8vo (4)
Cobbett (William) The English Gardener, first edition, newspaper cuttings tipped-in and loosely inserted, slightly browned, manuscript recipes on extra ff. inserted at end, bookplate with name scratched out, contemporary diced calf, corners bumped, upper joint broken, gilt spine, rubbed, 1829; and 13 others, William Cobbett and a small quantity of Cobbett's Weekly Political Register, 1821-31, v.s., v.d. (qty).
Fossils.- Mantell (Gideon) The Geology of the South-East of England, first edition, half-title, lithographed frontispiece and 5 plates (1 folding), folding hand-coloured map (a few short closed tears along folds), illustrations, plates lightly spotted, contemporary ink ownership inscription, original boards, loss to head of spine, joints starting, 8vo, 1833.⁂ Provenance: Elizabeth Doniville (ownership inscription).
Taegio (Bartolomeo) La Villa. Dialogo, first and only edition, collation: A-P4 Q6 R-Cc4, woodcut device on title, woodcut portrait to verso, woodcut illustrations and initials, foot of title cut away and restored, no loss of text, some water-staining, stain to P2, occasional other foxing and staining, slight marginal worming to last 2 leaves, no loss of text, upper hinge broken, 18th century vellum, small nick to upper cover, 4to (189 x 140mm.), Milan, Francesco Moscheni, 1559.⁂ Extremely rare, no copy traced at auction. Rothamsted acquisition date 1915.Literature: not in Adams; EDIT 16 CNCE 47957.
Wheat.- Le Couteur (John) On the Varieties, Properties and Classification of Wheat, first edition, 5 engraved plates, folding table, library cloth, [Fussell pp. 170-171], Jersey, 1836 § [Loudon (John Claudius)] A Treatise on the Culture of Wheat, first edition, light browning, original boards, upper cover detached spine chipped, [not in Fussell], 1812 § Banks (Joseph) A Short Account of the Cause of the Disease in Corn, called by Farmers the Blight, the Mildew, and the Rust, second edition, lacking half-title, folding engraved plate, spotting, contemporary half calf, rubbed, [Fussell p.54], 1806 § Some Remarks on the Mildew of Wheat, and the Choice of Seed Corn, Particularly in Reference to an Hypothesis of Sir Joseph Banks, light surface soiling to title, later boards, Norwich, 1811; and 5 others, wheat and corn, 8vo & 4to (9)
Pamphlets.- [Mackenzie (Sir Francis, of Gairloch)] Hints for the use of Highland Tenants and Cottagers [Beachd-Chomhairlean airson feum do Thuathanaich 'us Choiteran Gaidh'Lach], text in English and Scots Gaelic, presentation inscription from the author to title, 6 engraved plates (a little browned), Inverness, Robert Carruthers, 1838 bound after Washington (George) Letters from His Excellency General Washington, to Arthur Young, Esq. F.R.S. Containing an account of his husbandry, with a map of his farm, first edition, half-title, engraved folding map of Mount Vernon by Neele after a drawing by Washington (offset and a little spotted), advertisements, [Sabin 101719], 1801 and Beatson (Major General Alexander) A New System of Cultivation without Lime, or Dung, or Summer Fallows, second edition, half-title, 4 engraved plates, 1821, together 3 works in 1 vol., 19th century limp morocco, gilt, spine slightly faded, rubbed, 8vo.
Grain.- Jorio da Paterno (Filippo) Della Coltivazione delle Cereali..., first edition, half-title, Naples, 1838 bound with Carfora (Aniello M.) Cenno Intorno alle Sorgenti della Ricchezza nella Sicilia Citeriore..., inscribed by the author at head of title (slightly cropped), Naples, 1838, together 2 works in 1 vol, some foxing, contemporary roan-backed marbled boards, spine gilt § Pecorari (Vincenzo) Saggio sulla Economia de' Grani, woodcut head-piece, later boards, Naples, 1789 § Trinci (Cosimo) L'Agricoltore Sperimentato..., 2 vol., seventh edition, 4 woodcut and 2 engraved plates, all folding, foxed, later half roan, spines a little faded, Venice, 1805, rubbed; and another on wheat, 8vo (5)
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