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Burstow & Hewett
Lot 938

An oak dressing table /wash stand, on 2 pedestals with 10 fitted drawers, with a white and grey veined marble top, length 203cm.

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Lot 942

An oak and ash crossbanded pedestal side table, single drawer, width 44cm.

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Lot 952

An Edwardian mahogany bow front serving table raised on reeded tapered legs, width 153cm.

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Lot 973

An Arts & Crafts oak side table, stylised legs, width 68cm.

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Lot 976

An Edwardian satin walnut 3-drawer dressing table, width 101cm.

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Lot 977

A modern pine kitchen table, baluster legs, length 120cm.

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Lot 364

Herbal.- Nylandt (Pieter) De Nederlandtsche Herbarius of Kruydt-boeck, double column, large engraved vignette of botanists seated at a table studying plants, surrounded by their books, botanical woodcuts within text, some spotting and staining, upper hinge broken, contemporary vellum, lightly soiled, [Hunt 364, quoting this copy], small 4to, Amsterdam, Michael de Groot, 1682.⁂ Rare third edition of this Dutch herbal.

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Lot 374

Periodical.- Houghton (John) A Collection for the Improvement of Husbandry and Trade, second series, vol.1 no.1 - vol 10 no 240 [but 241], an unbroken run, majority of issues bound with additional f. of advertisements, no 12 loosely inserted, no 21 duplicated, folding table, vol.1 wormed at head, no.150 torn with some loss to text, occasional browning or light soiling, manuscript title in a contemporary hand supplied at front, bookplate, contemporary panelled calf, joints cracked but holding firm, [Fussell pp.81-83], folio, Randall Taylor [&] John Whitlock [&] E. Whitlock, 1692-7; sold as a periodical and not subject to return.⁂ An exceptional unbroken run of this weekly publication.Individual issues of this periodical are scarce and we cannot trace an unbroken run such as this in the last forty years of auctions. The first series was published in 1681 and ran to only 21 issues, this second series began in 30th March 1692 and ran for approximately 10 years. The list of subjects covered includes manures, trades, importing of goods, arts of fowling and fishing and the management of rivers, woods and estates. The advertisements include a vast array of personal notices and provide extraordinary snapshots of 17th century London life. Provenance: Hugh Cecil, Earl of Lonsdale (bookplate); Rothamsted acquisition date 1937.

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Lot 401

Boeckler (Georg Andreas) Der nuetzlichen Hauss- und Feld-Schuele, 2 vol., vol.1 with half-title, engraved frontispiece, titles in red and black, 192 engraved plates (some folding), 2 folding tables, foxing and browning, title and frontispiece of vol.1 laid down, title of vol.2 trimmed at foot affecting date, contemporary calf, extremities worn, 4to, Frankfurt & Leipzig, J. A. Merckel, 1699.⁂ A very good and complete copy of this enormous compendium of domestic and rural matters. Includes a section on carving and table decoration with some wonderful illustrations of "show food" (Schau-Essen).

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Lot 411

Scotland.- Martin (Martin) A Description of the Western Islands of Scotland, first edition, folding engraved map, folding engraved plate, both torn, contemporary panelled calf, rubbed and scuffed, spine worn and slightly defective, for Andrew Bell, 1703 § Headrick (Rev. James) View of the Mineralogy, Agriculture, Manufactures and Fisheries of the Island of Arran, folding engraved map, 24pp. catalogue at end, original boards, uncut, worn, Edinburgh, 1807 § Anderson (James) An Account of the Present State of the Hebrides and Western Coasts of Scotland, presentation copy from the author to Lord Stormont inscribed on half-title, folding engraved map, engraved plate, folding table, cropped, library cloth, Edinburgh, 1785 § Walker (John) An Economical History of the Hebrides and Highlands of Scotland, 2 vol., modern cloth-backed boards, Edinburgh, 1808, first editions, 8vo (5)

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Lot 427

Fens Drainage.- [Rolfe (Jon.)] The Great Law of Marsh Land [at a Session of Sewers holden at Kings-Lynn...], 22pp., wide margins, title without imprint (?divisional title), lacking final blank, some underlinings in ink, title soiled, first few leaves damp-stained and with small hole to outer margin, [Goldsmiths' 5101], [King's Lynn], [1714] bound with Heads of a Bill proposed, to be applied for to Parliament, for preserving the Drainage and Navigations of the Middle and South Levels. 1775, 6pp., drop-head title, [?London], [1775] and M. Observations as to the Present State of the Lands in the Neighbourhood of Spalding...with...an Improvement in the Outfall of the River Welland..., 24pp., with errata leaf at end (slightly defective at lower edge), offsetting to title, Peterborough, J.Jacob, 1791 and Inundation (The), or the Life of a Fen-Man, a Poem. By a Fen Parson, 20pp., price blacked out in ink at foot of title, browned, damp-stained at foot of inner margin, Lynn, by W.Whittingham, [1771], together 4 works in 1 vol., with 2 additional letterpress leaves of minutes c.1777 bound in, one regarding the Bedford Level by Charles Nalson Cole, the other the Adventurers and Free Land Owners at Ely, each paginated "11" on verso, all pamphlets with ink signature "Creasy" in upper left corner of title, manuscript index at beginning, contemporary half calf § Golborne (James) The Report...in pursuance of several Resolutions passed at a Meeting of Land Owners...Interested in the Improvements of the Outfall of the River Ouse..., 44pp., some ink annotations and calculations in margins, Lynn, by W.Whittingham, 1791 bound with Watté (John) The Report...for the better Drainage of the South and Middle Levels of the Fens......by a New Cut or Channel from Eau-Brink to Lynn, 18pp., folding engraved map and table, worming to lower margin, [1791], together 2 works in 1 vol., manuscript index, contemporary half calf, first editions, both rubbed, 4to (2)⁂ A collection of rare pamphlets relating to the Fens, most with only a few copies listed by ESTC but the first item with only one copy (Senate House Library) and the second this copy only in UK, plus one in America (California State Library).

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Lot 430

Pamphlets.- Hill (Aaron) Essays for the Month of December, 1716, 4 engraved plates, title browned, [Goldsmiths 5284], for J.Robert, 1716 bound with Essays for the Month of January, 1717, 4 engraved plates, title and final f. soiled, E. Berington, 1717 and The Advantages and Disadvantages of Inclosing Waste Lands, half-title, J.Almon, 1772 and Observations on the Sowing of Spring Wheat and the Cultivation of the Globe Turnip, folding table, Dublin, [1808] and An Essay to Induce the Gentlemen of the County of Lymerick, to form a Society for the Improvement of Tillage, Cork, by Andrew Welsh, ?1735 and Lawes (J.B.) A Few Words of Advice on Artificial Manures, 1846 and [Young (Arthur) A Letter to Lord Clive on the Great Benefits.... in Promoting the Interests of Agriculture by Forming an Experimental Farm, half-title, folding engraved plate, W.Nicoll, 1767 and [Kames (Henry Home, Lord) Progress of Flax-Husbandry in Scotland, ink inscription to title, Edinburgh, by Sands, Murray and Cochran, 1766 and Short Rules and Observations for Sowing Lint Seed, title and final f. browned, [Goldsmiths 6645], Edinburgh, by Mr James David, 1729, together 9 works in 1 vol., library cloth, 8vo.⁂ The subjects of the first two works are as follows: the making of China in England; obtaining cheaper coals; repairing of the Dagenham breach; English grapes and proving they will make the best wines; the rearing of silk worms; making paper without the use of rags; a new method of making woad; a new way of managing a dairy.

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Lot 474

Fossils.- Woodward (John) Fossils of all Kinds, first edition, 7 engraved plates, 1 folding, folding table, lacking the 2 unsigned 'Preface' leaves as often, autograph note in a contemporary hand signed 'E. Steele' tipped in at rear, ink inscription to front free endpaper, contemporary panelled calf, 8vo, for William Innys, 1728.⁂ An attractive copy of this important work in which Woodward argued that the surface of the earth was divided into strata and that many of the fossils discovered therein came originally from the sea.

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Lot 500

Scotland.- Maxwell (Robert) Select Transactions of the Honourable the Society of Improvers in the Knowledge of Agriculture in Scotland, initial imprimatur leaf, folding engraved plate at end, contemporary calf, 1743; The Practical Husbandman..., later half calf, upper cover detached, 1757 § Napier (W.J.) A Treatise on Practical Store-Farming, half-title, folding engraved map and plate (foxed), folding table, original boards, uncut, spine broken and worn, upper cover detached, 1822 § [Wight (Andrew)] Present State of Husbandry in Scotland, 2 vol., signed and inscribed by the author to Lord Kames on verso of half-title, foxing, contemporary calf, gilt, ?by Scott of Edinburgh, spines gilt in compartments with allegorical figure at head, lacking some labels, vol.1 with upper cover detached and spine ends worn, 1778, first editions, Edinburgh; and 13 others, Scottish agriculture, 8vo (18)

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Lot 502

Bees.- Thorley (John) Melisselogia [graece]. Or, the Female Monarchy, being an enquiry into the Nature, Order, and Government of Bees, first edition, engraved frontispiece, list of subscribers, 4 engraved plates by Thomas Loveday, one folding, with 'Explanation of the Plates' leaf at end, lightly browned, some offsetting, contemporary sprinkled calf, lacking label, for the Author, 1744 § Warder (Joseph) The True Amazons: or, the Monarchy of Bees, fifth edition, lacking first leaf of dedication, title with ink inscription and a little soiled, lightly browned, later half calf, for John Pemberton, 1722 § Mills (John) An Essay on the Management of Bees, first edition, engraved frontispiece and folding plate, lacking final advertisement leaf, later half calf, spine gilt, for J. Johnson and B. Davenport, 1766 § [Bazin (Gilles Augustin)] The Natural History of Bees..., first English edition, 12 folding engraved plates, the last browned at outer edge, contemporary sprinkled calf, gilt, red roan label, for J.& P.Knapton, and P.Vailant, 1744, most rubbed, the first two with spine ends worn, [British Bee Books 97, 74, 116 & 96], 8vo (4) ⁂ "Thorley's secret was the puffball narcotic, which he used when uniting colonies...Of English writers, Thorley was the first to mention having found wax scales in the pockets of worker bees. The...frontispiece was a copy of Cesi's three bees - the first drawing of bees made with the aid of a microscope, 1625". (British Bee Books). Plate V depicts the owner in his study searching for the queen in a group of stupefied bees on his table, with a swarm on the tree in the garden beyond.

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Lot 519

Duhamel du Monceau (Henri Louis) Traite de la Culture des Terres, suivant les Principes de M. Tull, Anglois, 6 vol., 40 engraved plates and 1 table, all folding, contemporary calf, spines gilt but a little worn, Paris, 1753-61; Traite de la Conservation des Grains, et en particulier du Froment, first edition, 12 folding engraved plates, contemporary sprinkled calf, worn, upper cover detached, Paris, 1753; and 2 others by Duhamel,12mo (9)

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Lot 536

Duhamel du Monceau (Henri Louis) A Practical Treatise of Husbandry, [translated and edited by John Mills], first edition in English, title in red and black, 6 engraved plates, folding table, light foxng and offsetting to plates, contemporary calf, sympathetically rebacked, [Fussell pp.48-49; Hunt 564], 4to, for J.Whiston and B.White, 1759.⁂ Includes vines, corn, wheat and manures. The author was a supporter of Tull's methods.

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Lot 539

Mordant (John) The Complete Steward: or, The Duty of a Steward to his Lord... Also a New System of Husbandry, wherein are Laid Down General Rules and Directions for the Management and Improvement of Farms, 2 vol., first edition, half-title to vol.2, folding table. woodcut illustrations, contemporary speckled calf, gilt, spines gilt in compartments with morocco labels, [Fussell p.51; Goldsmiths' 9662; Kress 5956; Perkins 1225], a good set, Printed for W.Sandby, in Fleet-Street, 1761 § Stone (Thomas) An Essay on Agriculture, with a view to inform Gentlemen of Landed Property, whether their Estates are managed to the Greatest Advantage, first edition, occasional light browning, contemporary calf, upper cover detached, [Goldsmiths' 12846; Kress B969], Lynn, W.Whittingham, 1785; and 6 others, stewardship and land management, 8vo & 4to (9)

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Lot 545

Grain.- Griselini (Francesco) Nuova Maniera di Seminare, e Coltivare il Frumento..., first edition, folding engraved plate (slightly creased) , cropped, old marbled boards, Venice, Modesto Fenzo, 1763; another, enlarged, edition, title in red and black with woodcut device, folding engraved plate, 2 folding letterpress tables, one table torn, plate with small ink stains and short tear at edge repaired, contemporary half vellum over patterned-paper boards, spine gilt and a little wormed, Florence, Andrea Bonducci, 1764, 4to & folio (2)

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Lot 556

Ratti (Giambatista) Trattato delle Seminazione de Campi, e della Coltivazione de' Prati, half-title, folding table and 7 folding engraved plates of tools and machinery at end, a few leaves stained at upper margin, part of old bookplate torn away, Giambatista Novelli, 1765 § Salvini (Giovanni) Istruzione al suo Fattore di Campagna, woodcut device on title and head-piece, with final blank, 1777 § Trinci (Cosimo) Nuovo Trattato d'Agricoltura, 2 folding engraved plates (one of bees & beehives, the other of frames for pineapples), some light water-staining, Giovanni Gatti, 1778, all contemporary limp boards, uncut, spines titled in manuscript, a little soiled, Venice; and another, 8vo et infra (4)

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Lot 561

Pamphlets.- [Homer (Henry Sacheverell)] An Essay on the Nature and Method of ascertaining the Specifick Shares of Proprietors, upon the inclosure of common fields.... Particularly as far as they relate to the publick and the poor, first edition, ink ownership inscription to head of title, Oxford, Printed for S. Parker, 1766 bound with Bateman (Thomas) A Treatise on Agistment Tithe, ink ownership inscription to head of title, S.Crowder, [?1775] and [Smith (Charles)] Three Tracts on the Corn-Trade and Corn-Laws, second edition, ink ownership inscription to title, for the Author, 1766 and Bohun (William) A Tithing Table, Shewing (by way of Analysis) of What Things Tithes are or are not due, either by Common Law, Custom, or Prescription, second edition, [Goldsmiths 7292], printed by E. and R. Nutt and R. Gosling, 1735 and The Great Improvement of Commons that are Enclosed, for the Advantage of the Lords of Manors, the Poor, and the Publick, woodcut illustrations, title soiled, [Goldsmiths 6949], for J.Roberts, 1732, together 5 works in 1 vol., occasional spotting, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed, 8vo.⁂ Provenance: Thomas Broadley (ink ownership inscriptions).

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Lot 564

Varley (Charles) A Treatise on Agriculture, intitled the Yorkshire Farmer, 2 vol., 5 woodcut plates, 3 folding, 3 folding tables, occasional light browning, contemporary calf, vol.1 upper cover detached, spine ends chipped, [Fussell p.91], Dublin, 1766; A New System of Husbandry, 3 vol., fourth edition, half-titles, folding table, bookplate of Francis Duke of Bedford, contemporary speckled calf, spines gilt in compartments, for the Author, 1774 § Foreign Essays on Agriculture and Arts, 5 parts in 1 vol., each part with additional contents f. printed on blue paper, later roan-backed boards, [Fussell p.50], by J.Lister, 1765 § An Essay on the Theory of Agriculture... by a Farmer, half-title (soiled), later roan-backed boards, [not in Fussell], by T.Becket, 1760; and another 14 others, husbandry, 8vo (21)

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Lot 574

Botany.- Vandelli (Domenico) Dissertatio de arbore draconis, sue dracaena, first edition, folding engraved plate (tear at edge repaired), title soiled, library cloth, Lisbon, A. R. Galliard, 1768 § MichelI (Pierantonio) Compendio della Relazione...intorno all'Erba orobanche detta volgarmente Succiamele..., light spotting, later boards, Florence, Andrea Bonducci, 1754 § Thierriat ( ) Osservazioni sopra la Cultura degli Alberi di Alto Fusto..., title stained, library cloth, Florence, 1767 § Plenk (G.G.) Fisiologia e Patologia della Piante, contemporary half sheep, spine gilt, Venice, G.Pezzana, 1798 § Gera (Francesco) Della Fecondazione delle Piante Memoria, second edition, half-title, Milan, 1830 bound with [Amoreux (P.-J.)] Traité de l'Olivier, second edition, folding table, 2 folding engraved plates, Montpellier, Gontier, 1784, together 2 works in 1 vol., old half cloth, spine faded, rubbed, 8vo et infra (5)

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Lot 584

Varley (Charles) A New System of Husbandry, 3 vol., first edition, folding table, folding plate at rear of vol.1, some light scattered spotting, ink ownership inscription 'Alexander Lord Blantyre' to head of titles, contemporary half calf, a little rubbed, [Fussell p.91], York, for the author, 1770 § Banister (John) A Synopsis of Husbandry Being Cursory Observations in the Several Branches of Rural Oeconomy, half-title, folding table, M1 with horizontal tear, some scattered spotting, contemporary half calf, upper cover becoming loose, wear to spine, [Fussell p. 31], 1799 § Tibbs (Thomas) The Experimental Farmer: being strictures on various branches of husbandry and agriculture, half-title, errata f. at end, illustrations, library cloth, [Fussell p.64], for Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, [c.1806] § Winter (George) A Compendious System of Husbandry, second edition, engraved frontispiece (light offsetting), occasional scattered spotting, contemporary half calf, joints cracked but holding firm, [not in Fussell], 1797; and 13 others, agriculture, 8vo (19)

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Lot 595

Weather.- Luc (Jean Andre de) Recherchés sur les Modifications de l' Atmosphere. Contenant l' Histoire Critique du Barometre et du Thermometre, 2 vol., first edition, 8 engraved plates, folding table, woodcut initials and head-piece, damp-staining, later boards, uncut, Geneva, 1772 § Claridge (John) The Shepherd of Banbury's Rules to Judge of the Changes of the Weather, light browning to title, library cloth, for W.Bickerton, 1744 § Pointer (John) A Rational Account of the Weather, second edition, half-title, lacking front free endpaper, contemporary calf, rather worn, Aaron Ward, 1738; and 5 others, climate and weather, 4to & 8vo (9)

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Lot 613

Forestry.- Evelyn (John) Silva: or, A Discourse of Forest-Trees, and the Propagation of Timber in His Majesty's Dominions, bound in 2 vol., list of subscribers, with blank *c1 leaf (usually missing), engraved plates, folding table, lacking engraved portrait by Bartolozzi (another smaller portrait laid down at beginning of first volume) and folding plate, interleaved and extra-illustrated with 10 original watercolours of leaves (most full-page) and with extensive ink annotations in manuscript by Rev. William Browne and with A.L.s. to him concerning the Golenox Oak from a Mr ?Gurnoe loosely inserted, a few notes loosely insersted, offsettting onto blank leaves, foxing, sometimes heavy in second volume, staining to upper and lower margins particularly in vol.2, nineteenth century half calf, rubbed and stained, [Henrey 137; Keynes 47], 4to, A.Ward, 1776; sold not subject to return

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Lot 635

Potatoes.- Raley (William) A Practical Essay on the Management of Potatoes, first edition, title soiled, leaves reinforced at inner margin, modern cloth, [ESTC lists 6 copies only including this and the RASE copy (sold in 2014), only one in N.America], Printed for Mess. Richardson and Urquhart...W. Tesseyman and R. Spence, 1782 § Kirkpatrick (Hezekiah) An Account of the Manner in which Potatoes are cultivated and preserved, first edition, manuscript correction to leaf following title and erratum slip pasted to foot of final leaf, modern cloth, [Henrey 899; Perkins 935], Warrington, Printed by W. Eyres, 1796 § Maunsell (Rev. William) Letters...on the Culture of the Potatoes from the Shoots, first edition, half-title, folding table, modern cloth, Dublin, Printed by William Sleater, 1794 § Report of the Committee of the Board of Agriculture...concerning the Culture and Use of Potatoes, first edition, half-title, 7 engraved plates, some folding, some light browning and offsetting, later half calf, scuffed, [Goldsmiths' 16233; Perkins 192; Henrey 460], 1795 § [Bligh (Reginald)] A Case of Extreme, and unparalleled Hardship: containing Considerations on a Verdict, that Potatoes and Turnips are Hay and Corn, first edition, title soiled, later morocco-backed boards, Printed for the Author, 1799, 4to and 8vo (5)

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Lot 638

Torri (Luigi) Osservazioni...sopra l'Acqua Bozzola o sia Frusa, 24pp., woodcut device on title, head-piece and initial, a little soiled and stained, title and one or two other leaves repaired at lower outer corner, library cloth, uncut, Verona, Carattoni, 1782 § Nuovo Ritrovato d'Ingrassare il Terreno, 16pp., library cloth, uncut, Turin, A.A. Mairesse, 1781 § San Martino (G. de) Memoria...sopra la Nebbia dei Vegetabili Coronata..., engraved device on title, modern boards, Vicenza, Turra, 1785 Stancovich (P.) L'Aratro-Seminatore ossia Metodo di Piantare il Grano Arando Memoria, 28pp., folding engraved plate (stained), library cloth, uncut, Venice, 1820 § Calvel (E.) Trattato Completo delle Piantonaje..., 3 vol. in 1, folding engraved plates, folding table, browned, contemporary roan-backed boards, spine gilt, Florence, 1813; and 2 other pamphlets, 8vo (7)

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Lot 642

Pamphlets.- Kyle (Thomas) A Treatise on the Management of Peach and Nectarine Trees, first edition, half-title, [Henrey 916], Edinburgh, for the Author, 1783 bound with Le Brocq (Philip) A Description, with Notes, of Certain Methods of Planting, Training and Managing all kinds of Fruit-Trees, Vines & C., lacking half-title and advertisement f., [Henrey 951], for the Author, 1786 and Howlett (Rev. John) Enquiry into the Influence which Enclosures have had upon the Population of this Kingdom, second edition, folding table, for W. Richardson, 1786 and Howlett (Rev. John) Enclosures, A Cause of improved Agriculture, of Plenty and Cheapness of Provisions, of Population, and of both private and national Wealth, [Goldsmiths 13342], for W.Richardson, 1787 and Commerell (Abbé de) An Account of the Culture and Use of the Mangel Wurzel, second edition, engraved hand-coloured plate, preface to the third edition bound in, [Goldsmiths, 13333; Henrey 555], for Charles Dilly, 1787 and An Argumentative Appeal... on the Modes of Raising Money for the Improvement of Church Lands, errata slip laid down to H2 verso, for B. White and Son et al., 1788, together 6 works in 1 vol., occasional light foxing, contemporary calf-backed boards, rubbed, 8vo.

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Lot 652

[Cacherano di Bricherasio (Giovanni Francesco)] De' Mezzi per Introdurre, ed assicurare stabilmente la Coltivazione e la Popolazione nell'Agro Romano, first edition, folding table, 2 folding engraved plans, attractive contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt, slight worming to spine, Rome, Barbiellini alla Minerva, 1785 § Doria (Luigi) Istituzioni Georgiche per la Coltivazione de' Grani..., second edition, engraved vignette title and 5 plates, 3 folding, some browning, contemporary half sheep, spine gilt, Rome, G.Puccinelli, 1799, rubbed; and 2 others, 8vo (4)

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Lot 656

Varlo (Charles) The Essence of Agriculture; being, A Regular System of Husbandry . . . suited to the Climate of Ireland . . . With the Author's Twelve Months Tour thro' America: likewise How to raise the valuable Crops: of Tobacco, India-corn and Siberian Barley, first edition, folding table, contemporary speckled calf, faded at spine and head of upper cover, [Fussell p.91; Goldsmiths 13169; Sabin 98632], 8vo, printed for the author, 1786.⁂ Rare at auction, we can trace only 2 copies in the last 50 years. "This book I have not seen. I had a chance to buy it and failed to take it!" - Fussell.

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Lot 675

Scotland.- Sinclair (Sir John) The Statistical Account of Scotland, 21 vol., first edition, half-titles, engraved plates, some folding, folding tables including table of mortality, some foxing or offsetting, front free endpapers loose, contemporary calf-backed marbled boards, red roan labels, vellum tips, rubbed, a few spine ends chipped, one vol. rebacked, 8vo, Edinburgh, William Creech, 1791; sold not subject to return⁂ Sinclair (1754-1835) was the founder and first President of the Board of Trade.

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Lot 689

Livestock.- Culley (George) Observations on Live Stock, second edition, 2 engraved plates, folding table, contemporary tree calf, joints split, spine ends worn, 1794 § Drury (Charles) Recent and Important National Discoveries...Feeding of Horses, Beasts, Sheep, and Pigs, modern cloth, Published for the Author, 1813 § Cooke (Layton) The Grazier's Manual, second edition, uncut in original boards, paper label to upper cover, spine and label worn, Printed for the Author, 1819 § Dissertation on Stall Feeding (A), second edition, modern cloth, Dublin, 1815 § Parkinson (Richard) Treatise on the Breeding and Management of Live Stock, 2 vol., 8 engraved plates, occasional foxing, uncut in original boards, spines worn, 1810; and 6 others on livestock, 8vo (12)

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Lot 691

Dairy.- Stele (James) An Essay on Manufacturing Milk Into Butter and Cheese; And on Calf-Feeding, &C. Intended for the Perusal and Benefit of Farmers, folding table, original boards, rubbed, [Fussell p.12; not in Bitting, Cagle or Simon], 12mo, Glasgow, 1794.⁂ Rare, the last copy to appear at auction was in 1915.

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Lot 707

Board of Agriculture.- Communications to the Board of Agriculture on Subjects relative to the Husbandry and Internal Improvement of the Country , vol. 1-6 only, mixed set, 2 hand-coloured engraved maps (1 folding) and 110 engraved plates (4 hand-coloured, some folding), 1 folding table, vol. II 2I2 small tear with small loss of text, some offsetting, vol. 1 later endpapers, contemporary calf, rubbed, joints splitting, gilt spines, slightly rubbed, vol. 1 and 2 and 3-6 different bindings, 4to, 1797-1808; sold not subject to return.⁂ Covers all aspects of agriculture, including farm buildings, drainage, crops and botanical matters. Contributors include Arthur Young and Sir John Sinclair.

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Lot 755

Pamphlets.- [Loudon (John Claudius)] An Immediate and Effectual Mode of Raising the Rental of the Landed Property in England, ink ownership inscription to title, 1808 bound with [Blanch (N.)], "Philanthropos". A New, Easy, and Infallible Method for Improving Estates, A1-5 misbound at end, [Goldsmiths 8036], by M.Cooper, 1744 and Somerville (John, Lord) Facts and Observations Relative to Sheep, Wool, Ploughs, and Oxen, 2 engraved folding plates, folding table, 1f. advertisements, 1803 and Mathews (James) Remarks on the Cause and Progress of the Scarcity and Dearness of Cattle, Swine, Cheese, & c. & c. and of the Articles Tallow Candles and Soap, for the author by M.Ritchie, 1797 and Renton (George) The Grazier's Ready Reckoner, woodcut frontispiece, for H.D.Symonds, [1804] and Sebright (Sir John Saunders)The Art of Improving the Breeds of Domestic Animals, for John Harding, 1809 and An Account of Mr Thomas Johnston's Improvement of the Live Stock of the Kingdom of Ireland, Dublin, by M. Mills, 1777, together 7 works in one vol., ink inscription to pastedown, contemporary calf, rebacked preserving original backstrip, corners repaired, 8vo.⁂ The first is a rare work by Loudon; inspired by a trip to Pinner whilst convalescing, he "was impressed by the inferiority of English to Scottish farming. He accordingly persuaded his father to join him in taking a lease of Wood Hall, near Pinner, and published a pamphlet entitled 'An Immediate and Effectual Mode of Raising the Rental of the Landed Property in England' [published in 1808]. In 1809 he rented the large farm of Tew Park, Oxfordshire, where he took pupils in agriculture, and by 1812 he had made a profit of 15,000l. He then threw up his farm, dismissed his pupils, and started on a continental tour." - DNB.Provenance: John Symmons; Job Lousley (ink ownership inscriptions).

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Lot 760

Fens Drainage.- Rennie (Sir John) Report and Estimate on the Improvement of the Drainage and Navigation of the South & Middle Levels of the Great Level of the Fens, 20pp., presentation copy from the author to Robert Mylne inscribed at head of title and with accompanying A.L.s. tipped in at beginning, 11 hand-coloured engraved plans & cross-sections on 11 folding sheets mounted on stubs, one with small tear to fold, text a little browned, 1810; Report and Estimates on the Improvement of the Navigation of the River Nene..., folding engraved map with route supplied in red dissected and mounted on linen, folding hand-coloured engraved cross-section, 1837; River Ouze Outfall Improvement, 13pp., drop-head title, 1839; Report on the Estuary of the Nene..., 5pp., 2 folding plans (one engraved, one lithographed), 1839 bound with Mylne (William Chadwell) Report on the Proposed Improvements of the Drainage and Navigation of the River Nene, &c., 12pp., lithographed table of tides, 1841, together in 1 vol. with various other ephemeral items relating to reclaiming land in the estuary of the Wash and Middle Level drainage bound in at end, occasional soiling at edges, contemporary calf, gilt, rubbed, 4to⁂ Interesting collection of items relating to the drainage of the Fens, and with an appropriate association.Robert William Mylne (1817-90), architect and civil engineer, son of William Chadwell Mylne (1781-1863) and grandson of Robert Mylne (1733-1811), both of whom were chief engineers of the New River Company.

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Lot 771

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)

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Lot 784

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.

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Lot 812

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)

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America.- Colman (Henry) First [- Fourth] Report on the Agriculture of Massachusetts, 4 parts in 2 vol., large folding table illustrating the growth and pupation of the silk worm, some very light foxing, contemporary calf, gilt, Boston, 1838-41 § Volney (C.F.) View of the Climate and Soil of the United States of America, 2 engraved folding maps and 2 plates, some very light offsetting, upper hinge broken, library cloth, 1804; and 3 others America, 8vo (6)

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Lot 124

Surveying.- Leigh (Valentine) The Moste Profitable and commendable science, of Surveying of Landes, Tenementes, and Hereditamentes, first edition, largely printed in black letter, small woodcut device on title, woodcut diagrams and initials, with blank A4, folding table for measuring lands (two conjoined sheets) but lacking the other folding table in Latin (supplied in facsimile but with only one sheet of two, as confirmed in loosely-inserted T.L.s. from Bernard Quaritch Ltd. dated 1928), title with faint trace of early ink signature at head and small paper flaw hole to outer margin, lightly browned, eighteenth century sheep-backed marbled boards, a little worn and stained, spine ends chipped, [STC 15416; cf.Fussell I, p.7, variant Jennings imprint], small 4to, Imprinted at London for Andrew Maunsell, 1577.⁂ Scarce. ESTC records 6 locations (including this one) in the UK and 3 in America. Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1928.

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Surveying.- Leigh (Valentine) The Moste Profitable and commendable science, of Surveying of Landes, Tenementes, and Hereditamentes, first edition, variant issue, largely printed in black letter, small woodcut device on title, woodcut diagrams and initials, blank leaf A4 present, 2 folding tables in Latin conjoined to form one, ?lacking the folding table for measuring land (2 conjoined sheets), two lower corners defective but with no loss of text, early 20th century calf by Sangorski & Sutcliffe, small ticket of Myers & Co., [STC 15416a; Fussell I, p.7], small 4to, Imprinted at London for Miles Jennings, 1577.⁂ Scarce. ESTC locates 5 copies (including this one) in the UK and 2 in America. The other issue of this date has Andrew Maunsell in the imprint (see previous lot). ESTC calls for 3 folding tables in the Maunsell printing and only one in this one, but this would appear to be an error. The few auction records generally mention 2 folding tables but this is presumably because both are formed of 2 conjoined sheets.Provenance: John Bradshawe (contemporary signature on title).Rothamsted acquisition date 1918.

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Lot 131

Surveying.- Leigh (Valentine) The Moste Profitable and commendable science, of Surveying of Landes, Tenementes, and Hereditamentes...Newly Imprinted and corrected, second edition, largely printed in black letter, small woodcut device on title, woodcut diagrams and initials, with blank A1, 2 folding tables (each 2 conjoined sheets), light water-staining at head of a few leaves and to first table, otherwise an excellent clean copy, cloth, [STC 15417; cf.Fussell I, p.7, 1577 edition], small 4to, for Andrewe Maunsell, 1578.⁂ 5 UK copies on ESTC, including this one, and 4 in America.Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1932.

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Lot 151

Surveying.- Leigh (Valentine) The Moste Profitable and commendable science, of Surveying of Landes, Tenementes, and Hereditamentes...Newly Imprinted and corrected, largely printed in black letter, small woodcut device on title, woodcut diagrams and initials, lacking blank A1, lacking folding table in Latin and one sheet (of 2) of table for measuring lands, some light soiling, table with short tear at edge repaired, slight worming to a few leaves, modern half calf, spine faded, [STC 15418; cf.Fussell I, p.7, 1577 edition], small 4to, by John Windet, for Andrew Maunsell, 1588.⁂ ESTC lists 6 UK copies (including this one) and 3 in America.Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date 1915.

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Lot 224

Surveying.- Huntar (Alexander) A Treatise, of Weights, Mets and Measures of Scotland, first edition, woodcut armorial device to title, woodcut decorations and initials, diagrams in text, some marginal restoration, trimmed, occasionally touching ruled border and in two places a numerical column in a table, soiled, modern calf, [STC 13993], small 4to, Edinburgh, Printed by John Wreittoun, and are to bee solde at his Buith, et the Nethey-Bowe, 1624.⁂ Rare, only one copy at auction (1966, $224). 18th century ink annotations and ownership inscriptions of Alexander and James (sometimes Jack) Blackie.Provenance: Rothamsted acquisition date not noted.

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Lot 24

Grapaldus (Franciscus Marius) De Partibus Aedium, collation: ✠8 ✠✠8 ✠✠✠4 a-q8 r6 s-z8 &8 [cum] 8 [rum] 8 A-G8 H4, (lacking final blank), large woodcut portrait of the author on title, numerous woodcut decorated initials, on black or criblé ground, sunburst device on verso of final leaf, title browned, inner margin extended with minor loss to border of portrait, a few marginal water-stains, wormholes to last quire, inner margin of last leaf extended, small repair to penultimate leaf, occasional soiling, a few contemporary Latin marginalia, reading marks and maniculae, early 18th-century calf, spine with five raised bands, compartments in gilt, 4to (200 x 139mm.), Parma, Francesco Ugoleto and Ottaviano Saladi for Antonio Quinziano, 1516.⁂ The definitively revised edition of this important treatise, which first appeared in Parma in 1494, and relates to gardening, domestic arts, and gastronomy. This new edition was published a year after Grapaldi's death in 1515, and is the first to contain, as a possible homage to the author, the large portrait on the title-page. The text is significantly enlarged and corrected and supplemented with a table of contents and an index. All subsequent editions are based on this 1516 publication.Rothamsted acquisition date 1915.Literature: Adams G1009; Cicognara 520; Fowler 145; Mortimer Italian 220; Sander 3254; Simon BG 789.

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Lot 284

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).

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Lot 298

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.

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Lot 313

America.- Forster (John) Englands Happiness Increased...by A Plantation of Roots called Potatoes, first edition, initial licence leaf present, lacking final blank, small marginal holes to D3, a couple of headlines just shaved, [Wing F1601; Henrey 145; Fussell I, pp.60-61; Goldsmiths' 1724], Printed for A. Seile, over against St. Dunstans Church in Fleetstreet, 1664; bound with Lawrence (Anthony) Nurseries, Orchards, Profitable Gardens, and Vineyards Encouraged, first edition, lacking final blank leaf, slight worming to lower margin, occasionally slightly affecting text (mostly catchwords), fore-edge trimmed close, affecting ruled border to title but just avoiding text, [Wing L651; Henrey 225; Fussell I, p.58], Printed for Henry Brome at the Gun in St. Pauls Church-Yard, the West End, 1677; bound with The Orchard, and the Garden..., 22pp. only (of 61), largely printed in black letter, woodcut title vignette and illustration, ownership signature of Thomas Faxon to title, [STC 14106.5; Henrey 275; Fussell I, p.37 for 1594 1st ed.], Printed by Adam Islip, 1597; all bound after C[lark] (W[illiam]) Decimarum & Oblationum Tabula. A Tithing-Table, lacking initial leaf, shaved with loss to side-notes and pagination throughout, [Wing C148H], for R. Scot, T. Basset, J. Wright, R. Chiswell, 1683, together 4 works in 1, modern cloth, spine lettered in gilt "Old Pamphlets 1", small 4to⁂ Includes two great rarities. Forster's work is the first treatise devoted exclusively to the potato and refers to the Virginia Potatoes, giving recipes for making puddings, cakes, bread etc. The Lawrence includes references to orchards and vineyards in America.

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Lot 319

Gardens.- [Bonnefons (Nicolas de)] The French Gardiner: Instructing how to Cultivate all sorts of Fruit-Trees, and Herbs for the Garden, translated by John Evelyn, second edition in English, engraved additional pictorial title and 4 plates, one folding, one almost detached, browned, modern bookplate of John T. Beer, contemporary calf, [Henrey 146; Hunt 312; Keynes 8; Wing B3600], by J.M. for John Crooke, 1669 § Evelyn (John) Kalendarium Hortense: or, The Gard'ners Almanac, third edition, with initial and final blanks, contemporary ink signature at head of title and inscription (crossed out) to initial blank, contemporary sheep, red morocco label, rubbed and marked, upper joint split at foot, [Henrey 120; Keynes 59; Wing E3492], by Jo. Martyn and Ja. Allestry, 1669, 8vo (2)⁂ The first includes The English Vineyard Vindicated by John Rose at end; the second contains 14pp. Table and errata at end.

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Lot 338

Farriery.- Almond (Robert) The English Horsman and Complete Farrier...with the Humours of a Smithfield Jockey, first edition, lacking engraved frontispiece but with folding table and final leaf (longitudinal half-title), with contemporary ink signature of William Osbaldeston at head of title and Richard Osbaldeston to verso of half-title, notes in contemporary hand "To licker bootes..." etc. on front pastedown, upper hinge broken, shaken, contemporary sheep, spine worn and faded, [Wing A2897], for Simon Miller, 1673; and 4 others, farriery, 8vo (5) ⁂ Very rare, with only the British Library copy listed by ESTC in the UK and 3 locations in America. We can find only one example appearing at auction, in 1945.

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Lot 146

A pair of urn shaped Adams style cinnabar two handled Table Lamps, decorated with foliage, lions head handles on circular base, with cream shades. (2)

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Lot 184

An early 20th Century German (Meissen) porcelain floral encrusted Table Mirror, with winged cherubs surmounted, stamped. (1)

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Lot 192

A 20th Century French porcelain and ormolu mounted Table Centre, decorated with hand painted floral design, the rim embellished with cherubs on a circular base with scroll feet, marked Limoges, approx. 30cms (12")d. (1)

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Lot 200

A 19th Century oak Table Gong, with decorative mounts,on stepped base. (1)

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Lot 208

A collection of varied Brassware, including a large and smaller Table Gong, three Middle Eastern graduated brass Drinking Cups, and two Middle Eastern engraved Teapots. (7)Provenance: Paul Moran (Irish Sweepstakes), 'Dunluce', Glenageary, Co. Dublin.

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Lot 211

An attractive 19th Century alabaster Table Light, modelled as the Taj Mahal. (1)Provenance: Paul Moran (Irish Sweepstakes), 'Dunluce', Glenageary, Co. Dublin.

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Two small white metal (Indian silver) two handled Cups, and a two bottle Table Coaster modelled as a carriage. (3)

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An attractive pair of late Victorian English silver Table Mirrors, the embossed oval frames decorated with flower heads, leaves, scrolls etc., approx. 31.5cms (12 1/2"). (2)

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