Description
A treatise on ploughs and wheel carriages... by James Small, plough and cart wright, now at Rose-bank, near Foord, Mid Lothian. Edinburgh: for the author, 1784. First edition, 8vo, 5 engraved plates (4 folding), one plate split at fold without loss; Bailey, John. An essay on the construction of the plough. Newcastle: G.G. & J. Robinson, 1795. First edition, 8vo, 4 folding engraved plates, contemporary calf, binding slightly wormed and slightly scraped
Footnote
Provenance: James Veitch (1771-1838) earned his living as a ploughwright until the late 1820s when he stopped making ploughs and devoted his time to making telescopes and clocks. He contributed the article on ploughs to Brewster's Edinburgh Encyclopaedia (1830).