Lot 64
Smith, John
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 14 February 2018 at 10:00 GMT
Description
England's Improvement Reviv'd... [London:] in the Savoy, printed by Tho. Newcomb for the Author, 1670. 4to, contemporary calf rebacked, lower right corner of pp.245-6 torn away with no loss to text, bookplate of Sir Roger Troisden to endpaper, J. Robertson bookplate to title-page verso, inner margin of title-page and lower endpaper reinforced along inner margins, some rubbing to covers and spine
Footnote
Note: ESTC R22597 - it is unusual to find a complete first edition of this work at auction. Although the work mainly concentrates on forestry, Smith also discusses fisheries in Orkney and Shetland.
Provenance: From the collection of the Late John Davie Manson Robertson, CBE, DL, FRSA