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Fens Drainage.- Badeslade (Thomas) The History of the Ancient and Present State of the Navigation of the Port of King's-Lyn, and of Cambridge, 4 folding engraved maps (2 hand-coloured) and 3 engraved plates, woodcut head-pieces and initials, some light browning, first map a little creased at fore-edge, contemporary tree calf, gilt, spine gilt with red morocco label, rubbed, splits to joints, upper cover becoming loose, folio, by L. Davis and C.Reymers..., 1766.⁂ A reissue of the first edition of 1725.

Complete Farmer (The): or a General Dictionary of Husbandry, first edition, double column, engraved frontispiece and 27 plates, a very good, clean copy, ownership inscription to pastedown, contemporary calf, corners bumped, some splitting to joint ends but holding firm, [Perkins 379; not in Goldsmiths' or Kress], folio, printed for the authors; and sold by S. Crowder, at the Looking-Glass; J. Coote, at the King's Arms, in Paternoster-Row; and F. Blythe, near the Royal Exchange, 1766.

Miller (Philip) Abbildungen der nuetzlichsten, schoensten und seltensten Pflanzen, vol.1 only (of 2), first German edition, title with engraved vignette, 150 fine hand-coloured engraved plates, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, worn, upper cover detached, [Nissen BBI 1379], folio, Nuremberg, A.W. Winterschmidt, 1768.⁂ First German edition of Miller's Figures of the most beautiful...Plants, 1755-60.

Mills.- [Bellepierre de Neuve-Église (Louis-Joseph de, translator)] L'Art de Battre, Écraser, Piler, Moudre et Monder les Grains avec de Nouvelles Machines, 3 engraved plates, title foxed and soiled, light spotting and staining to plates, old wrappers, uncut, creased and frayed at edges, folio, Paris, J. G. Merigot, 1769.⁂ On milling grain. 3 copies listed on COPAC (BL, Senate House Libraries of Univeristy of London, and Sheffield University).

Fens Drainage.- Dugdale (Sir William) The History of Imbanking and Draining of divers Fens and Marshes, edited by Charles Nalson Cole, second edition, [one of 500 copies], 11 folding engraved maps, contemporary ink signature of William ?Bentinck to title and another inscription "Jacob Sanderson, Cottenham, No.251" on front free endpaper, some light spotting, a little offsetting to some maps, contemporary calf, rubbed, rebacked, upper cover detached, folio, by W.Bowyer and J.Nichols, At the Expence of Richard Geast, 1772.

Crescentiis (Petrus de) Ruralia Commoda [Italian] Il libro della agricultura, first Italian edition, collation: [*]6 a10 b-c8 d6 e-g8 h6 i8 l-n6 o8 aa6 bb8 cc6 dd-ff8 gg-ii6 ll-oo6 aaa6 bbb8, 201 leaves (of 202, lacking final blank), text in two columns, 43 lines, type: 2:106/107R, blank spaces for capitals, with guide letters, fol.125 with slight stain causing smudging to text on both sides, some foxing and occasional stains, mostly marginal but in a few places on text block, small marginal burn-hole to last few leaves, some finger-soiling, early 19th-century Italian red morocco, gilt-tooled border to covers, spine with simple gilt rules and lettering, marbled pastedowns and flyleaves, inner gilt dentelles, blue edges, corners and spine ends slightly rubbed, folio (328 x 227mm.), Florence, Nicolaus Laurentii, Alamanus, 15 July 1478.⁂ First edition printed in Italy, and the first edition in Italian or Florentine vernacular.The translator is anonymous but this version was highly praised for its purity and elegance by the Venetian humanist Pietro Bembo. This fine volume passed through the hands of several famous bibliophiles, such as Dimitrij Petrovič Burturlin, formerly director of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, and later resident in Florence, where he possibly purchased this copy. In August 1839 the Parisian sale of his impressive library was announced by the Journal de la Librairie: "Il sera vendu, vers la fin de l'année, la magnifique bibliothèque de feu M. le comte de Boutourlin, composée de plus de vingt-cinq mille volumes [...]On peut affirmer que depuis la vente Mac-Carthy, il n'a pas été livré aux enchères, en France, une collection de livres rares et de manuscrits, comparable à la bibliothèque de M. de Boutourlin; elle est des plus riches en éditions du quinzième siècle". The copy was later acquired by another distinguished book collector, the renowned Dante scholar Lord Vernon, one of the leading figures in the Anglo-Florentine community. Very scarce on the market.Provenance: bookplates of the following: Russian senator and diplomat Count Dimitrij Petrovič Buturlin (1763-1829; see Catalogue de la bibliothèque de feu M. le Comte D. Boutourlin. Deuxième partie, Paris 1840, lot 533, "in-fol. m.r.", sold for the high sum of 26 francs; Lord George John Warren, 5th Baron Vernon (1803-1866; see Catalogue of a choice selected portion of the famous library removed from Sudbury Hall, Derbyshire: including illuminated and other manuscripts, and rare printed books; the property of Lieut. Lord Vernon, London, Sotheby, Wilkinson & Hodge, 10-12 June 1918, lot 165); purchased for the sum of £28 by the London bookseller Francis Edwards, 24 July 1918; the Italian bookseller Giuseppe Martini (see Catalogo della libreria di Giuseppe Martini. I. Incunaboli, Milano 1934, lot 142). Rothamsted acquisition date not notedLiterature: ISTC ic00973000; GW 7826; HCR 5837; BMC VI 627; Bod-inc C-483; IGI 3266; Goff C-973; Klebs 311.1; B.IN.G 581; Simon Bibliotheca Bacchica 581.

Machinery.- Bailey (Alexander Mabyn) One Hundred and Six Copper Plates of Mechanical Machines, and Implements of Husbandry...illustrated by a Particular Description of each Instrument, and an Account of the several Discoveries and Improvements in Agriculture, Manufactures, Mechanics, Chemistry and the Polite Arts..., 2 vol. in 1, woodcut head-pieces, 106 engraved plates (those in vol.2 with aquatint), a few folding, some offsetting, some occasional light foxing, contemporary diced russia, gilt, covers detached, [cf. Fussell p.99 and Perkins 87], folio, for Benjamin White, 1782.⁂ A scarce reissue of the first edition of 1776-79 of this work published by The Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures, and Commerce. Here the plates re-engraved and depicting newly-invented machines including ploughs, windmills, spinning wheels, pumps, carriages, stoves, harpoons and time-pieces.Provenance: Emo Park Library (bookplate).

Crescentiis (Petrus de) De omnibus agriculturae partibus, & de Plantarum animaliumque; natura & utilitate lib. xii, collation: a6 A-Z6 Aa-Kk6, title and verso of otherwise blank f. with woodcut printer's device, woodcuts within text, woodcut decorative initials, some staining and foxing, contemporary blind-stamped vellum, spine repaired and with later paper labels, some cracking and splitting to spine, folio (298 x 209mm.), Basel, Henricus Petri, 1548.⁂ Provenance: Paul Ottenhaler (active 1556-1571 in Innsbruck), humanist and author. (ink inscriptions, Latin verse and notes to endpapers). Rothamsted acquisition date 1935.Literature: Hunt 58; Simon BG 412; VD 16 P1832

Hanway (Jonas) Proposal for County Naval Free-Schools to be built on Waste Lands, giving such effectual Instructions to Poor Boys, as may nurse them for the Sea Service, teaching them also to cultivate the Earth, first edition, 2 engraved titles, first with vignette, 9 folding engraved plates, 48pp. engraved music, some offsetting of plates, uncut in original boards with original engraved presentation label to upper cover, worn, lacking backstrip, upper cover detached, folio, [1783].⁂ Hanway founded the Marine Society in 1756 and this work, as is evident from the title, proposes educating poor boys in both rural affairs and seamanship.

Domesday book.- Farley (Abraham, editor) [Domesday-Book: seu liber censualis Willelmi Primi Regis Angliae], 4 vol. including supplement and indices, vol.1 without title as issued, occasional spotting or browning, 20th century half morocco, [1783]-1816; and 3 others, editions of the same, folio & 4to (7)

Binding.- Crescentiis (Petrus de) De omnibus agriculturae partibus, & de Plantarum animaliumq; natura & utilitate lib. xii, collation: a6 A-Kk6 (lacking final blank), woodcut device on title, dedication leaf within fine woodcut architectural border, woodcut initials and numerous woodcut illustrations in text, a few ink annotations, some light foxing and soiling, contemporary blind-stamped calf over bevelled wooden boards, bound for Sigismund II, King of Poland (probably by David of Cracow) with his circular arms on upper cover within elaborate and ruled borders, the outer border incorporating portraits of Erasmus, Melancthon and others, the lower cover to a similar design but with central panel lettered "Sigismundi Augusti Regis Poloniae Monumentum Anno 1563", spine in compartments with 4 raised bands, clasps renewed, corners and spine ends repaired but overall the binding in excellent condition, folio (297 x 194mm., binding 324 x 220mm.), Basle, Heinrich Petrus, 1548.⁂ Sigismund II (1520-72), the last Jagiellon king of Poland, who united Livonia and the Duchy of Lithuania with Poland, but died childless after 3 marriages.Provenance: "Ce Livre appartient a Pierre Jacques Sassaer" (ink inscription at foot of title).Rothamsted acquisition date not noted.Literature: Hunt 58; Simon BG 412; Adams C2390

Grasses.- Swayne (G.) Gramina Pascua: or, A Collection of Specimens of the Common Pasture Grasses, first edition, 19 actual specimens of grasses each with printed titles in Latin and English, tissue guards, errata slip, uncut in original boards, covers worn and stained, folio, Bristol, Printed for the Author, by S. Bonner, 1790.⁂ One of apparently only 200 copies printed - the grass samples were picked and prepared by three of the author's daughters.

Herbal.- Turner (William) [A New Herball], part 1 only, collation: A6 B8 C-O6 P8 (lacking title and rest of sig. A supplied in facsimile), printed entirely in black letter, numerous woodcut illustrations, woodcut initials, many large and decorative, a few illustrations with partial yellow hand-colouring, trimmed with occasional loss of text, corner of B1 missing with slight loss of text, some staining and worming (the latter mostly marginal), ink annotations, 18th century sheep, rebacked and corners repaired, [STC 24365; Henrey 366; Hunt 65], folio, [By Steven Mierdman], [1551].⁂ A major portion of the first part of an early edition of the first English herbal. A second part was published in Cologne in 1562 and a third also in Cologne in 1568.Provenance: John Powell (ink inscription on penultimate leaf, dated 1631, the annotations probably in his hand); Sam Ashbey (large and flamboyant ink inscription on front endpaper, probably 18th century). Rothamsted acquisition date not noted.

Mills.- Gray (Andrew) The Experienced Millwright..., second edition, 44 engraved plates, foxed, light water-staining (mostly marginal), plates offset, blue crayon mark to foot of title, title and final leaf creased, with advertisement for Gray's 'Plough-Wright Assistant' mounted on front pastedown, contemporary half calf, printed paper label on upper cover, rebacked, worn, covers detached or becoming so, square folio, Edinburgh, 1806.

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.

Grass.- Salisbury (William) Hortus Siccus Gramineus, or, a Collection of Dried Specimens of British Grasses, printed title (mounted on stub and creased), 109 mounted specimens of grass ?only (of ?119), printed or manuscript caption at foot, 4 defective samples loosely inserted at end, contemporary half morocco, ties defective, lower cover detached, upper joint splitting, spine ends and corners worn, rubbed, [Henrey 1306 (this copy) & cf. 855], folio, 1812; sold not subject to return.⁂ A rare work, the number of specimens varies, Henrey was only able to located this copy.

Regents Park.- First Report of the Commissioners of His Majesty's Woods, Forests, and Land Revenues, 4 hand-coloured folding engraved plates, some light offsetting, occasional light spotting, original printed boards, wear to extremities, rubbed and scuffed, 1812; and another containing further reports by the same, folio (2)⁂ Including illustrations of John Nash's plans for Regents Park.

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.

Heraldry.- St George (Sir Henry, herald, 1581-1644) [The Visitation of Hertfordshire 1634], manuscript, c. 250pp. & 8pp. index at end, a few pp. in pencil, numerous coats of arms, list of citizens of London with ?Hertfordshire connections, 17th century obligation bond tipped-in, slightly browned, some foxing in a few places, a few ink marks in places, ink stamp of W. Sharpe on title, bookplate of F.A. Crisp on front pastedown, GR watermark, original vellum, lettered in gilt on upper cover, slightly yellowed and soiled, arms of F.A. Crisp on lower cover, t.e.g., folio, [c. 1780].⁂ Probably collated against Harleian manuscripts 1504 and 1547, the Visitations dated 1579 [1572] and 1634.Frederick Arthur Crisp (1851-1922), antiquary.

Sugar.- East India Sugar. Papers Respecting the Culture and Manufacture of Sugar in British India, frontispiece and 5 plates (2 hand-coloured), light foxing to plates, title a little browned, contemporary calf, gilt, spine gilt in compartments, upper joint split at head and foot, rubbed, folio, Printed by order of the Court of Proprietors of the East-India Company, by E. Cox and Son, 1822.⁂ Rare, we can trace no copies at auction in the last 70 years.

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.

Tobacco.- Report from the Select Committee on the Growth and Cultivation of Tobacco, slightly browned, library buckram, 1830; and 8 others, Agricultural Acts and Parliamentary Reports, folio (9).

Magnus (Olaus) Historia delle genti et della natura delle cose settentrionali ...nuovamente tradotta in lingua Toscana, collation: *4 a-b8 c6 A-MM8 NN6, Roman letter, woodcut printer's device to title and verso of final f., full-page engraved map of Scandinavia, with partial early hand-colouring, numerous charming woodcuts within text, little marginal worming to first and last few ff., occasional water-staining or spotting, 20th century half vellum, folio (320 x 212mm.), Venice, Domenico Nicolini for the heirs of Luc'antonio Giunti, 1565. ⁂ First illustrated Italian edition and second overall Italian edition of Magnus's important ethnographical and geographical survey of Scandinavia. He discusses warfare, trades and occupations, animals and hunting, amongst many other aspects of Scandinavian life. The work earns its place in Simon for its discussion of wines, mead, bees, agriculture, bread-making, and the flora and fauna used for food.Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1931.Literature: Simon, BB xx, 479; Simon, BG 1117; Schwerdt II, 4; Camerini, Giunti, 689; Mortimer, Italian, 270; EDIT 16 CNCE 27290.

Crescentiis (Petrus de) Ruralia commoda, collation: a-n8 o6 aa-kk8 ll6, 195 leaves (of 196, lacking initial blank), text in 2 columns, 41 lines, type 1B**:89/90G, blank spaces for capitals, copiously annotated by an English hand, giving accounts of monthly gardening operations, a few notes in a contemporary hand, some dust-soiling, mostly to first few leaves and elsewhere in margins, front free endpapers detached, 18th century calf, worn, spine with 5 raised bands, much of backstrip missing or peeling, corners repaired, folio (268 x 199mm), Louvain, Johannes de Westfalia, [c.1483].⁂ Rare second edition of Crescenzi's agricultural handbook to be printed in the Low Countries, the first having been issued by the printer and bookseller Johannes de Westfalia in December 1474.Both the 1474 and 1483 editions are set, as the colophon states, in a 'modern' type, the matrices or punches of which Johannes de Westfalia, then in parternship with Dirk Martens, had bought in Venice in 1473, the font very similar to that used by Nicolas Jenson in his Ruralia commoda of 1472. "When Johannes De Westfalia purchased this type [...] it gave him and his associate the opportunity to produce books that looked as if they were made in Venice [...] in fact entering into competition with the Venetian printers for the market in north-west Europe" (L. Hellinga, Incunabula in Transit, Leiden 2018, p. 44).Provenance: Anglican clergyman and biblical scholar Anthony Scattergood, editor of the Royal Bible of 1679 (ownership inscription on fol. a2r); on same leaf a monogram combining the letters T S N R and K. Rothamsted acquisition date 1922.Literature: ISTC ic00966500; BMC IX 145; Bod-inc C-479; GW 7822; IGI 3262; Klebs 310.4.

Alonso de Herrera (Gabriel) Libro de Agricultura, collation: A6 B-Z8 Aa-Dd8, printed in gothic letter, title in red and black within architectural woodcut border also in red and black, woodcut device on final leaf, woodcut vignettes as chapter headings to final book, woodcut initials, 17th century inscription at foot of title, foxed and browned, some staining, mostly marginal, later vellum-backed boards, rubbed and soiled, folio (298 x 191mm.), Medina del capo, Francisco del Canto, 1569.⁂ Very rare; no copy traced at auction since 1934 (and that defective).Provenance: Hugo de Languas and other members of the same family (17th century ink inscriptions to rear endpaper).Rothamsted acquisition date 1923.Literature: Adams H442.

Herbal.- Pena (Pierre) and Matthias de l'Obel. Stirpium adversaria nova, first English edition, collation: A2 B1 A-2P6 [2Q]1 3*2 *4, engraved title (dated 1570), first 2 leaves (dedication to Queen Elizabeth) supplied from a smaller copy and loosely inserted, last 6 leaves (index) misbound after title, woodcut illustrations, with 2 woodcuts on slips pasted in after A5 and C4 (lacking that which should be after N3), with woodcuts pasted on X6 verso and 2L2 verso both present, some water-staining, small repair to one index leaf, some dust-soiling, remboitage in old limp vellum with new endpapers, spine label and gilt lettered date, covers soiled, [STC 19595; Henrey 289], folio, exudebat prelum Thomae Purfoetii, ad Lucretie symbolum. Cum gratia Privilegii, 1571.⁂ Important work in the history of plant classification. It describes old as well as new world plants and contains the first published illustration of the tobacco plant (pasted woodcut on p.252, which also depicts a man's head smoking a long pipe). A loosely inserted letter from E.P. Goldschmidt (dated 1935) supplying the two missing dedication leaves.Provenance: John Hartby (ink inscriptions to title)Rothamsted acquisition date 1918.

Crescentiis (Petrus de) Ruralia commoda, collation: 2-36 a8 b-y6 z8, 148 leaves (complete with final blank), first quire numbered but not signed, text in 2 columns, 46 lines, type: 1:160G, 2*:91G, 3:91G, blank spaces for capitals, with printed letters, initials painted in blue and red, rubricated throughout in red, first leaf dust-soiled and with repaired tear, some light foxing and dust-soiling mostly to upper margins, modern calf over wooden boards, title and imprint lettered in gilt on front cover, spine with four raised bands, tabs in pink fabric, upper cover almost detached, folio (286 x 204mm.), Strassburg, [Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg (i.e. Georg Husner)], 9 March 1486.⁂ First and only edition of Crescenzi's manual of rural economy published in Strassburg in the 15th century, issued from the printing house of Georg Husner, who was one of the leading printers active in the city between 1479 and 1505. Husner signed only a few books during his career, and the printing of the Ruralia commoda was in the past assigned to an eponymous press known as the 'Printer of the 1483 Jordanus de Quedlinburg', so named from its edition of the Postillae de tempore by Jordanus, which appeared in Strassburg in 1483 (see BMC I, pp. 130-131). Ernst Voulliéme was the first to argue in 1915 that Husner was indeed the owner of this press (see Zentralblatt für Bibliothekswesen, 1915, pp. 309-321), and this identification is now generally accepted.Provenance: verso of final blank with letters in red 'H.I.S.V.G.', written in an early hand; 'Liber Georgij Posch Sanctj Egidij Vratislaviens. ... Anno Iubel. Mill. Quingentesimo' (ownership inscription on front pastedown); 'Liber Ioannis Krefels a Volfseck' (ownership inscription on recto of first leaf); Alfred Ashworth of Horsley Hall Gresford, Denbighshire (1843-1910; ex libris on recto of first leaf); the English historian Frederick York Powell, by 1894 Regius professor of Modern History at Oxford (1850-1904; ownership inscription on front pastedown dated 1890).Rothamsted acquisition date 1917Literature: ISTC ic00968000; HC 5831*; GW 7824; BMC I 134; ; Bod-inc C-481; IGI 3264; Goff C-968; Klebs 310.5.

Crescentiis (Petrus de) Ruralia commoda, collation: a-r8 s6 A4, 146 leaves (complete with initial blank), text in 2 columns, 52 lines, type 6:88R, fol. a2r with woodcut illustration (60x147 mm) showing the author writing to the left, and King Charles II of Sicily to the right, blank spaces for capitals, with guide letters, lower and upper outer margin of the first leaf largely restored, with loss of some lines of text and a small portion of vignette border, a few marginalia in Italian, monogram combining the letters S, R, and M on verso of front flyleaf, water-stained throughout, heavy at beginning and end, slight worming towards end, ocasionally in text, 18th century sheep-backed decorative boards, spine ends worn and wormed, corners rubbed, folio (307 x 205mm.), Vicenza, Leonardus Achates de Basilea, 17 February 1490.⁂ Scarce second edition in Italian, a substantial reprint of the Florentine edition of 1478. The volume was issued by the Swiss Leonardus Achates (Leonhard Agtstein), who was the first printer active in Vicenza from 1474 to 1491.The text is headed by a large woodcut vignette showing the author himself writing to the dedicatee of the Ruralia commoda, King Charles II of Anjou. The same block was re-used by Achates in his Herbarius latinus of 1491. This 1490 edition is rare at auction, and numerous institutional copies are defective. Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1915Literature: ISTC ic00974000; HC(+Add) 5838; GW 7827; BMC VII 1033; Bod-inc C-484; IGI 3267; Goff C-974; Klebs 311.2; B.IN.G 582; Sander 2234.

Heresbach (Conrad) Foure Bookes of Husbandry...Conteyning the whole arte and trade of Husbandry...Newly Englished, and increased by Barnabe Googe, first edition, collation: ()4 A-Z8 t8 Aa2 (*)4 (**)4, (lacking blank leaf (**)4), largely printed in black letter, full-page armorial woodcut on title verso, one woodcut in text (verso of R4), woodcut initials and decorations, signatures (*) and (**) misbound at end, small tear in sig. I6 just touching catchword, marginal finger-posts, marginal worming to last few leaves, some light water-staining, endpapers from a 16th century English black-letter folio by Richard Grafton, contemporary limp vellum, soiled and creased, [STC 13196; British Bee Books 9; Fussell I, p.12; Westwood & Satchell pp.116-117; Goldsmiths' 193], small 4to, Printed by Richard Watkins, 1577.⁂ The rare first edition by this Calvinist who was mentored by Erasmus. The four books cover arable farming, including harvest; gardens and orchards; cattle and other livestock, including veterinary matters; and bees, poultry and fish.The endpapers would appear to come from either STC 7819.10 or 9427.3, both of which are recorded in a single copy only held by the BL.Provenance: "Eliza: Lucy:" (name on front endpaper); "E.R." (initials dated August 16th, 1695 on rear endpaper)Rothamsted acquisition date not noted.

Crescentiis (Petrus de) Ruralia commoda, collation: A8 B-Q6 R8 S-Z6 a-b6 j4, 158 leaves (complete with blank b6), text in 2 columns, 53 lines, type: 13:80G, 19:155G, 313 woodcuts in text, a few coloured by a contemporary hand, German names for plants described in an early hand in margins and near woodcuts, woodcuts numbered also in an early hand, some foxing, stains and soiling, final leaf with a couple of minor repairs, modern limp vellum with green silk ties (1 lacking), spine lettered in black, folio (262 x 185mm.), Speyer, Peter Drach, [c.1490-95].⁂ The rare first illustrated edition of Crescenzi's popular work, enhanced with over 300 woodcuts. One of the most attractive illustrated 15th-century books on natural history, and "its text and numerous cuts are a wonderful storehouse of country lore" (A. M. Hind, An Introduction to a History of Woodcut, p. 347).The edition was issued anonymously, without indication of printer, place and date, but the printing is assigned to Peter Drach, and generally dated to between 1490 and 1495. The Speyer printer also published (1st October 1493) the first translation into German of the Ruralia commoda, illustrating the text with the same woodblocks. The fine vignettes are in different sizes and depict husbandry and hunting scenes, plants, animals, and rightly famous are the woodcuts depicting winemaking. A group of illustrations shows the re-use of the woodblocks executed by the so-called 'Hausbuchmeister' for one of the most famous illustrated German books of the incunable age, the Spiegel menschlicher Behaltnis (Speculum humanae salvationis), likewise printed by Drach in 1496. Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1922Literature: ISTC ic00969000; HCR 5826; GW 7825; BMC II 499; Bod-inc C-482; IGI 3265; Goff C-969; Klebs 310.6; Nissen BBI, 421; Simon Bibliotheca Bacchica, 36; Great Flower Books, p. 83.

Estienne (Charles) Siben Buecher von dem Feldbau, first German edition, collation: ):(6 A-Ggg6 Hhh4 Iii-Kkk6 (lacking final leaf, probably blank), gothic letter, title printed in red and black within woodcut border, woodcut portrait of Melchior Sebizius on ):(6 verso, woodcut illustrations, woodcut oval vignette on verso of final leaf, some worming at beginning, mostly to inner margin but affecting title and some text, leaves at beginning and end on guards, contemporary ink annotations to front free endpaper, contemporary bare wooden boards, rebacked, lacking clasps, folio, Strassburg, B. Jobin, 1579.⁂ The Schwerdt copy (with bookplate) of this extremely popular and oft-reprinted work. This edition does not appear very often at auction, the last copy being in 1980.Rothamsted acquisition date 1939.Literature: Schwerdt I, p.167; VD 16 E 3999.

Alonso de Herrera (Gabriel) Libro de agricultura, que tracta de la labrança, y criança, y de muchas otras parricularidades y provechos del campo, collation: A6 B-Z8 Aa8, double column, title in red and black and with very large woodcut printer's device, final f. blank, some worming within text to first few sigs., some spotting or foxing, lightly browned, later vellum, an important edition, folio (281 x 191mm.), Medina del Campo, Francisco del Canto for Juan Boyer, 1584.⁂ Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1934.Literature: Palau 114098.

Estienne (Charles) and Jean Liebault and others. Fünffzehen bücher vom Feldbaw und recht vollkommener wolbestellung eines bekoemmlichen landsitzes und geschicklich angeordneten meyerhofes oder landguts, sampt allem was demselben nutzes und lusts halben anhaengig, translated by Johann Fischart, collation: ):( 6 A-Z6 Aa-Zz6 Aaa-Rrr6 Sss4, Gothic letter, title in red and black and within woodcut historiated architectural border, full-page woodcut portrait of Melchior Sebizi, woodcuts within text, woodcut initials and tail-pieces, lightly browned, occasional spotting, contemporary vellum stained green, central gilt arms to upper cover, lacking ties, gilt of arms tarnished, folio (328 x 208mm.), Strasbourg, Bernhard Jobin, 1587.⁂ Rare German translation of Estienne and Liebault's Maison rustique. Provenance: Ferdinand Hoffmann, Baron of Grünbüchl and Strechau (large engraved bookplate and arms to upper cover). Rothamsted acquisition date 1934.Literature: Not in Adams; VD 16 E4001.

Cato (Marcus Porcius) Varro, Columella & Palladius. Scriptores rei rusticae, collation: aa6 a6 b-i8 k4 l-y8 z4 &6 [con]8 [rum]8 A-K6 L4 M6, 270 leaves (of 272, lacking fols. o1 and o8), text in single column, 52 lines, woodcut printer's device at end, woodcut decorated initials in different sizes, blank spaces for capitals, some water-staining, mostly marginal but quite heavy to corner of first few leaves and slightly encroaching on text block, first and last leaf soiled, fol. a6 with fore-margin torn away and another tear just touching a couple of letters of text, 18th century mottled sheep, spine gilt in compartments with 5 raised bands, extremities worn, covers scuffed and abraded, folio (295 x 190mm.), Reggio Emilia, Dionysius Bertochus, 18 September, 1496.⁂ Rare fourth edition and the first book issued by the skilled printer Dionigi Bertocchi alone. This 1496 edition is a reprint of the Scriptores rei rusticae edited by the humanist Filippo Beroaldo the Elder (1543-1504), which first appeared in Bologna in 1494 from the press of Benedetto Faelli. The text is introduced, as in the Bolognese edition, by Beroaldo's dedicatory letter, and the Enarrationes Philippi Beroaldi in XIII Columellae (De arboribus).Provenance: the Edinburgh Priory, belonging to the Dominican order, and destroyed in 1559 (contemporary ownership inscription on fol. b1r); the legal writer and judge Dodgson Hamilton Madden (1840-1928; ex libris on recto of front flyleaf). Bibliographical note by Wright on verso of front flyleaf, dated 27 November 1723.On first leaf ownership inscription dated 'ano 1589 die Junii 18. Lugduni in Bat'.Rothamsted acquisition date 1926Literature: ISTC is00349000; HC 14569*; GW M41055; BMC VII 1090; Bod-inc S-125; IGI 8856; Goff S-349; Klebs 902.4.

Cato (Marcus Porcius) Varro, Coulmella & Palladius. Scriptores rei rusticae ("Opera Agricolationum"), collation: aa10 a-s8 t-u6 x-z8 &8 [con] 8 [rum] 8 A-C8 D6, 244 leaves, text in single column, 44 lines, fol. a1r title and nine-line woodcut initial and 2 smaller initials printed in red, numerous decorated initials on black ground in different sizes, woodcut printer's device at end, first leaf possibly from another copy, early annotations on recto of front flyleaf, marginalia and reading marks in the same hand, a few slightly trimmed at time of rebinding, some marginal staining, final leaf with marginal repairs and restoration, modern calf, blind tooled in antique style, folio (304 x 195mm.), Reggio Emilia, Franciscus de Mazalibus, 20 November 1499.⁂ The last Italian edition of the Scriptores rei rusticae printed in the 15th century, after those which appeared in Venice in 1472 (see lot 5), in Reggio Emilia in 1482 (see lot 8), in Bologna in 1494, and again in Reggio Emilia in 1496 (see previous lot). "This is a good example of the rivalry between the prototypographers, five Italian incunabula of the Scriptores rei rusticae, by five different printers, in three cities; three editions by three different printers in one of them, Reggio Emilia [...] After that the tradition of the four Scriptores was common" (G. Sarton, Hellenistic Science and Culture in the Last Three Centuries B.C., Cambridge, MA, 1959, p.388).The 1499 edition was issued from the press of Francesco Mazzali, active as a printer in Reggio Emilia between 1494 and 1504, and closely follows the 1496 Bertocchi edition. Provenance: the Milanese lawyer, politician, and art collector Michele Cavaleri (1813-1890; his stamp 'Museo Cavaleri' on fol. aa2r). Rothamsted acquisition date 1930.Literature: ISTC is00350000; HC(+Add) 14570*; GW M41062; BMC VII 1089; Bod-inc S-126; Goff S-350; Klebs 902.5; B.IN.G 1798; Simon Bibliotheca Bacchica 1.45.

Geometry.- Pomodoro (Giovanni) Geometria Prattica. Tratta dagl'Elementi d'Euclide et altri Auttori... dichiaratu da Giovanni Scala, first edition, first issue, collation: [π]2, A-M4, N6, [χN]1, 57ff., engraved title incorporating arms of the dedicatee Cardinal Aldobrandini within scrollwork border, 51 full-page engraved illustrations of instruments, geometry and surveying, woodcut initials and tail-pieces, final leaf with plate VII bound before N6 (plate VI/colophon) and not called for on title but correct, some leaves mounted on stubs, browned, some soiling and water-staining, a little wormed and frayed at edges, A1 creased causing tear to image, D1 torn affecting plate (old repair but lifting), later boards, rubbed, spine worn, folio, Rome, Stefano Paolini, 1599.⁂ Very rare illustrated manual of Euclidian geometry, with 44 plates by Pomodoro and a further 7 added by Scala following Pomodoro's death. The work was meant for practical use and some of the plates depict figures in contemporary civilian and military dress (and some undressed) carrying out measurements. This is the first issue, it was reissued in 1603 with new preliminary leaves. COPAC lists only 2 copies (BL and Wellcome), and WorldCat 5 copies in America. Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1935.Literature: EDIT 16 CNCE 28377; Harvard Italian 394; Riccardi I (2), 300.

Columella (Lucius Junius Moderatus) Cato (Marcus Porcius), Marcus Terentius Varro, and Rutilius Taurus Palladius. Opera agricolationum, collation: a-z &, Ɔ, R, A-B6 C4 D-O6 P8 Q-Z6 ET8, Roman type, initial spaces with guide-letters, occasional staining, m6 portion of lower corner torn away, I1 part of lower margin repaired, remains of early manuscripts used in binding, bound in an early limp vellum ms. f., lacking ties, folio (308 x 206mm.), Bologna, for Benedict Hector, 10 September, 1504.⁂ A handsomely printed edition. This copy with excellent margins. Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1934.Literature: Adams C2407. EDIT 16 CNCE 36033.

Crescentiis (Petrus de) Le livre des prouffitz champestres et ruraulx, collation: a8 b-z8 A-H8 J8, double column, title with small grotesque letter and large woodcut printer's device, large woodcuts within text, stained and spotted, 20th century half calf, small wormholes, a few marginal repairs, folio (270 x 190mm.), Paris, [Thomas du Guernier pour Jacques Huguetan], 1505; and another early 16th century French edition of the same, lacking title, folio (2)⁂ Provenance: first mentioned Rothamsted acquisition date 1932.

Maius (Theodor) Agricultur, 4 parts in 1, title in red and black with woodcut device, woodcut initials and decorations, woodcut diagrams, ink annotations, some contemporary, foxed and browned, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, soiled, extremities worn, lacking clasps, folio, Magdeburg, Johann Francke, 1613.⁂ Rothamsted acquisition date 1934.

Surveying.- Rathborne (Aaron) The Surveyor in Foure bookes, first edition, fine engraved title by William Hole, 2 engraved portraits, that of the author cut and laid down as frontispiece, woodcut illustrations and diagrams, occasional light marginal water-staining, a few spots and marks, later calf, joints cracked, [STC 20748; Fussell I, pp.22-23], folio, by W. Stansby for W. Burre, 1616.⁂ The first comprehensive English textbook on surveying, the work is divided into four parts: Geometry; Problems in Geometry; the application of parts 1 and 2 to the measurement of land; and a legal section dealing with the problems of the manor.Rothamsted acquisition date not noted.

Herbal.- Dodoens (Rembert) Stirpium historiae pemptades sex, fine engraved architectural title with figures of Theophrastus and Dioscorides, over 1,300 woodcut within text, penultimate f. with large woodcut printer's device on verso, final f. blank, some spotting, occasional staining, lightly browned, contemporary ornately blind-stamped panelled pigskin over wooden boards, covers with central portraits, lacking clasps, lightly soiled, [Hunt 201; Nissen BBI 517], folio, Antwerp, Plantin-Moretus, 1616.⁂ The second and most definitive edition of Dodoens' 'last and most comprehensive botanical work' (Hunt). Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1917.

Estienne (Charles) and Jean Liebault. Maison Rustique, or the Countrey Farme, translated by Richard Surflet, edited and augmented by Gervase Markham, third edition in English, title with woodcut printer's device, woodcut illustrations and diagrams, woodcut decorative initials and head-pieces, lacking final blank, 2A6 neatly repaired and supplied from another copy, 17th century calf, spine worn at head, [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); STC 10549; Vicaire 345 (French editions)], folio, Printed by Adam Islip for John Bull , 1616.⁂ The first edition edited by Markham. As well as discussing the principles of farming and the layout and surveying of farms it includes chapters on herbs, vegetables, bread, distillation, wines, cider, hunting and falconry.Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1915.

Herbal.- Gerard (John) The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, second edition, engraved title by John Payne laid down, numerous woodcut illustrations, A1 head torn and repaired, repairs to worming in margin of first c.250pp., occasionally slightly affecting text or illustrations, single worm hole to next c.150pp. likewise mostly marginal and only occasionally just touching text, tear to 6A6 and 6B3, lacking initial and final blank, 18th century calf, joints and extremities worn, [STC 11751; Henrey 155; Hunt 223; Nissen BBI 698], folio, Printed by Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1633.⁂ Second edition of the most famous early English herbal. The engraved title includes a portrait of the author holding a spray of potato foliage with flower and berry in his hand - displaying Gerard's considerable knowledge of this plant in English circles.Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1918.

Plinius Secundus (Gaius) The Historie of the World: Commonly Called the Naturall Historie of C. Plinius Secundus, Translated into English by Philemon Holland, 2 vol. in 1, second edition, woodcut device to titles, woodcut initials, lacking initial and final blanks, very occasional browning, a few ff. wormed at outer margin but generally a very good copy overall, contemporary calf, lower cover detached, upper joint repaired, corners repaired, [STC 20030], folio, by Adam Islip, 1634.⁂ Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1915.

Herbal.- Gerard (John) The Herball or Generall Historie of Plantes, third edition, engraved title by John Payne, very many woodcut illustrations, lacking initial and final blank, tear to 4R5, stain to 3Y3-3Z3, early 20th century panelled calf, gilt, g.e., upper cover detached and backstrip loose, [STC 11752; Henrey 156; Hunt 230; Nissen BBI 698], folio, Printed by Adam Islip, Joice Norton and Richard Whitakers, 1636.⁂ A very crisp and generally unusually clean copy.Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1918.

Crescentiis (Petrus de) Von dem nutz der ding die in Aeckeren gebuwe werdt, collation: a-z6 A-E6 F8 (complete with final blank), printed in gothic letter, title in red and black, full-page woodcut on verso of a6 depicting the Creation, the expulsion of Adam and Eve from Garden of Eden etc, very many woodcut illustrations, all woodcuts coloured by a contemporary hand, woodcut initials, first gathering with some worming and fraying to margins repaired (no loss of text), lower corner of b1 torn away and restored with loss to several words of text on both sides, a couple of other tears just into text, some foxing and soiling, early ink annotations in red on title, Strassburg, Johann Schott for Johann Knobloch & Paul Goetz, 1518; bound with Columella and Palladius. Das Aeckerwerck, translated by Michael Herr, collation: A-Z6 a-b6 c4 d-n6 o8 (complete with blank leaf A6), printed in gothic letter, woodcut device on verso of final leaf, a few woodcut illustrations and diagrams, woodcut gothic initials, tear through half of B4, some foxing and marginal staining, Strassburg, Wendelin I. Rihel, 1538, together 2 works in 1, contemporary blind-stamped pigskin over wooden boards, soiled and slightly stained, clasps intact, corners worn, folio (293 x 200mm.)⁂ The first work is the fourth edition of Crescentiis in German and is illustrated with over 250 woodcuts (some repeats), about half of which are of plants and the remainder depict a variety of agricultural activities, including an excellent series on viticulture and wine-making. The edition appears occasionally at auction but this is the only copy we can trace in which all the woodcuts are fully coloured. The second work is rare and comprises the first German edition of two of the works of the Scriptores Rei Rusticae.Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1928.Literature: 1st work: IA 146.745; Lindner 11.0405.04; Nissen BBI 425; Simon BG 407; Simon BB II 170; VD16 P1835; 2nd work: VD 16 C 4621; Ritter 561; Muller 397.31.

Herbal.- Parkinson (John) Theatrum Botanicum, The Theater of Plantes, first edition, engraved title frayed and laid down, over 2700 woodcut illustrations, lacking 4 preliminary leaves (including initial blank), errata leaf at end laid down, 3D1 from a smaller copy, a couple of burn-holes and paper flaws causing slight loss of text, last few leaves of index frayed with some loss, slight worming to lower margin towards end, late 18th century russia, gilt, rebacked, extremities worn, [STC 19302; Henrey 286; Hunt 235; Nissen BBI 1490], folio, Printed by Tho. Cotes, 1640.⁂ Monumental English herbal listing some 3800 plants.Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1928.

Herbal.- Theophrastus. De Historia plantarum libri decem, first edition edited by Joannes Bodaeus à Stapel, double column. text in Latin and Greek, fine engraved pictorial title, numerous woodcut botanical illustrations, small part of upper margin of title repaired, 4Y1 section of margin torn away, affecting a few letters, sig. 5H misbound, small wormholes to upper margins, occasional spotting, [Hunt 240], 20th century half calf, gilt spine in compartments and with red leather labels, corners worn, rubbed, folio, Amsterdam, apud Henricum Laurentium, 1644. ⁂ 'It is interesting not only because of the brilliance of the editing, but, curiously enough, to the American botanist as well, for involving in the discussion certain species from Virginia, other parts of the New World, and Asia. The illustrations of these plants have been largely overlooked in botanical history, because of their incidental presence in a work which might not be expected to contain anything of the sort. Some were merely borrowed from l'Escluse or de Lobel, but others seem original in this work' (H.H. Bartlett, Fifty-five Rare Books, quoted by Hunt ).

Herbal.- Dodoens (Rembert) Cruydt-Boeck, half-title, engraved title incorporating portraits of Dodoens and Clusius, over 1400 woodcut illustrations, final leaf present (blank except for printer's woodcut device), wide margins, occasional marginal water-staining, later blind-stamped morocco over wooden boards, corners worn, foot of spine repaired, [Nissen BBI 518; Pritzel 2345], folio (409 x 260mm.), Antwerp, Balthasar Moretus, 1644.⁂ An unusually large copy of the last and best Plantin edition of this monumental herbal.

Fens Drainage.- Act (An) for the Draining of the Great Level of the Fens..., [2], 561-577, [1] p., by John Field for Edward Husband, 1649 bound with Ordinance (An) for the Preservation of the Works of the Great Level of the Fenns, [2], 349-354, by William du-Gard and Henry Hills, 1654, together in 1 vol., woodcut device on titles, browned, light marginal water-staining, modern cloth, folio⁂ Two scarce early acts concerning the draining of the Fens. ESTC lists 5 UK locations of the first and 6 of the second.

Dalechamps (Jacques) Histoire Generale des Plantes, 2 vol., half-title to vol.1 only, titles in red and black with engraved vignette, numerous woodcut illustrations, ink annotations throughout, foxed and browned, contemporary calf, spines gilt, rubbed, extremities worn, [Nissen BBI 447], folio, Lyon, Philip. Borde, Laur. Arnaud, & Cl. Rigaud, 1653.⁂ Monumental work compiled by this pupil of Rondelet and originally published in Latin in 1586-87.Provenance: Georges Roffavier (bookplate in each vol.)

Surveying.- Leybourn (William) The Compleat Surveyor: Containing the whole Art of Surveying of Land, by the Plain Table, Theodolite, Circumferentor, and Peractor, first edition, engraved portrait frontispiece, title in red and black within typographic border, numerous woodcut illustrations and diagrams, foxing and soiling, one small burn-hole in text, I1 with circular piece cut from margin, affecting ruled border but not text, contemporary calf, worn, [Wing L1907], folio, Printed by R. and W. Leybourn, for E. Brewster and G. Sawbridge, 1653.⁂ Quite scarce at auction, the work was first issued under the pseudonym of Oliver Wallinby and under the title Planometria, or the Whole Art of Surveying Land, in 1650 (see lot 271). In 1666 Leybourn was one of six surveyors given the task of measuring the damage caused by the Great Fire of London.Provenance: Anthony Methwin (several ink inscriptions to endpapers, one at end dated 1669).

Barclay (Alexander) The Shepheards Kalender Newly Augmented and Corrected, first edition, largely printed in black letter, 7 leaves printed in red and black, large woodcut title-vignette and full-page woodcut to verso, numerous woodcut illustrations, diagrams and decorations, 3 leaves (N2, N5 and Q5) supplied from a smaller copy, some browning and staining, slight worming and fraying to first few leaves, with slight loss of text, title also with repairs to edges just affecting woodcut on verso, contemporary calf, slightly rubbed, upper cover scored, rebacked, [Wing B713], folio, Printed by Robert Ibbitson, And are to bee sold by Francis Grove neer the Sarazens-head on Snow-Hill, without Newgate, 1656.⁂ Profusely illustrated with curious cuts, this work seldom appears on the market. The last copy was in 1998, but that comprised only 56 of the 100 leaves. Prior to that, one copy every decade from the 1930s-60s.

West Indies.- Ligon (Richard) A True & Exact History of the Island of Barbados, first edition, folding engraved map, 9 engraved plates (3 folding) and one folding letterpress table, tear to 3 plates, otherwise a crisp, clean copy in contemporary sheep, rubbed and abraded, head of spine worn, [Wing L2075; Hunt 270; Sabin 41057], folio, Printed for Humphrey Moseley, 1657.⁂ An early account of Barbados with the first separate map of the island. It also includes much on cocoa, cucumbers and pomegranates, as well as illustrations of bananas and pineapples.

Surveying.- Atwell (George) The Faithfull Surveyour, second edition, woodcut diagrams, marginal browning at beginning and end, contemporary sheep, rubbed, [Wing A4164], Cambridge, Printed for William Nealand, 1662 § Leybourn (William) The Compleat Surveyor, second edition, engraved portrait frontispiece with short tear, title in red and black, woodcut illustrations and diagrams, stub of final blank leaf present, occasional soiling, contemporary sheep, spine worn at head and foot, scuffed, [Wing L1908], Printed by R. and W. Leybourn, for G. Sawbridge, 1657 § Norden (John) The Surveiors Dialogue, third edition, partially printed in black letter, some woodcut diagrams, last leaf with margin and corner cut away but not affecting text, endpapers and verso of final leaf with heavy contemporary ink annotations and calculations, contemporary limp vellum, lacking ties, [STC 18641], Printed by Thomas Snodham, 1618, 4to and folio (3)⁂ Three important 17th century titles on surveying, all in contemporary bindings.

Drainage.- Dugdale (Sir William) The History of Imbanking and Drayning of Divers Fenns and Marshes, both in Foreign Parts and in this Kingdom, first edition, title in red and black, 11 double-page engraved maps, dampstaining to lower corner, heavier towards end, contemporary calf, rebacked, [Wing D2481], folio, Alice Warren, 1662.⁂ The scarcest of Dugdale's works, many of the copies were allegedly destroyed in the Great Fire of London.

Evelyn (John) Sylva, Or A Discourse Of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber, 3 parts in 1, first edition, initial licence leaf, title in red and black with engraved vignette of the arms of the Royal Society, errata leaf bound near beginning after prefatory matter, with the "Animadversion" and "Sir Paul Neiles second paper" leaves, part 3 printed in red and black, one woodcut illustration, without cancel leaf H1 as usual and without printed instruction to the binder, a crisp copy in near contemporary mottled calf, gilt, corners rubbed, joints cracking, [Wing E3516; Henrey 132; Keynes 40; Hunt 296], folio, Printed by Jo. Martyn, and Ja. Allestry, Printers to the Royal Society, 1664.⁂ "Evelyn's most celebrated horticultural work...Sylva contains a wealth of interesting information and practical instruction in the growth and management of trees. Most kind of tree found in the British Isles are systematically described" (Keynes).

Gardens.- Rea (John) Flora: seu, de florum cultura. Or, A Complete Florilege, first edition, engraved additional pictorial title by D.Loggan with facing letterpress 'Mind of the Front' explanatory leaf, title in red and black, 16 engraved plans of formal gardens on 8 plates, 2 folding, contemporary ink inscription to title "Ri: Sneyde pr. 7s. 6d.", engraved title torn and repaired, small ink stains to title and facing leaf, occasional other soiling but generally clean, contemporary mottled calf, rubbed, splits to joints, spine worn at head, [Henrey 325; Hunt 301; Wing R421], small folio, J[ohn] G[rismond] for Richard Marriott, 1665.⁂ "The most important English treatise on gardening to be published during the second half of the seventeenth century." Henrey p. 195. The work is enthusiastically referred to in the diaries of John Evelyn.

W[orlidge] (J[ohn]) Systema Agriculturae, being the Mystery of Husbandry Discovered and layd Open, first edition, initial 'The Explanation of the Frontispiece' f., engraved additional pictorial title, woodcut illustrations, 2pp. advertisements at end, O4 torn without loss, occasional browning, bookplate contemporary calf, rebacked, [Fussell pp.68-69; Goldsmiths 1898; Kress 1251; Wing W3598; cf. Perkins 1947 (2nd edition)], folio, Printed by T.Johnson for Samuel Speed, near the Inner Temple Gate in Fleet-Street, 1669. ⁂ One of the earliest works to consider the crop of turnips. Includes a dictionary of rustic words and terms.Provenance: Sir Thomas Woollaston White, 1st Baronet of Tuxford and Wallingwells, 1767-1817 (bookplate).