Agriculture in Scotland
21 volumes, comprising
£938
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 23 June 2021 at 11:00 BST
Description
Wight, Andrew. Present State of Husbandry in Scotland. Edinburgh: W. Strahan [&c.], 1778-1784, 4 volumes in 6, 8vo, volumes 1-2 contemporary calf gilt, volumes 3-6 original boards, uncut, those in boards lightly rubbed; Maxwell, Robert. Select transactions of the Honourable The Society of Improvers in the Knowledge of Agriculture in Scotland. Edinburgh: Paton &c., 1743. First edition, 8vo, folding plate, signed by Maxwell beneath authenticity statement on title page verso, contemporary calf, gilt; Robertson, James. General View of the Agriculture in the County of Perth. Perth, 1799. First edition, 8vo, folding map, original wrappers, uncut; Young, David. Agriculture the Primary Interest of Great Britain. Edinburgh, 1788. 8vo, contemporary quarter calf, dampstained at beginning, rubbed; [Lindsay, Patrick] The Interest of Scotland Considered... Agriculture. Edinburgh, 1733, 8vo, contemporary calf, neatly rebacked, spine gilt; [Linen Manufacture] A Collection of the Acts in Parliament... relating to the Linen Manufacture. Edinburgh, 1751, 8vo, contemporary calf, lacks front free endpaper; Young, David. National Improvements upon Agriculture. Edinburgh, 1785. 8vo, Geo Dempster's copy, contemporary calf gilt, red morocco label; Mackenzie, Henry. Prize Essays and Transactions of the Highland Society of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1799, volume 1 only, 8vo, contemporary calf gilt; Naismith, John. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Clydesdale. Glasgow, 1798, 8vo, folding map, original boards, uncut; Anderson, James. Essays relating to Agriculture and Rural Affairs. Edinburgh, 1784-96, Third edition, 3 volumes, 8vo, modern quarter calf, morocco labels; Sinclair, Sir John. Address to the Society for the Improvement of British Wool, constituted at Edinburgh. Edinburgh, 1791. 8vo, original wrappers, slightly rubbed; Robinson, John. Letter to Sir John Sinclair, Bart. London, 1794. 4to, disbound; Douglas, Robert. General View of the Agriculture in the Counties of Roxburgh and Selkirk. Edinburgh, 1787, 8vo, folding maps, 1 folding plate, contemporary half calf, joints split; Kames, Lord. The Gentleman Farmer. Edinburgh, 1798, 8vo, engraved frontispiece and 3 plates, title slightly torn and spotted, contemporary calf, rubbed; [Clerk-Maxwell, George] Observations on the Method of growing of Wool in Scotland. Edinburgh, 1756, 8vo, marbled wrappers, some spotting; and 2 odd vol. on agriculture (21)