Agriculture
Collection of illustrated treatises, 19th century
£1,071
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
Sheldon, J. P. Dairy Farming: being the Theory, Practice, and Methods of Dairying. London: Cassell & Company, Limited, c.1880. 4to, contemporary green half morocco, 24 chromolithographic plates, binding sunned;
Biddell, Herman. The Suffolk Stud-Book. Diss: Francis Cupiss, 1880. First edition, 4to, contemporary half calf, 14 lithographic plates, joints partially cracked;
Miles, W. J. Modern Practical Farriery. London: William Mackenzie, c.1870. 4to, contemporary half calf by Blackie and Son, 40 plates (engraved or lithographic, many hand-coloured), binding marked;
Potts, Thomas. The British Farmer's Cyclopaedia. London: for Scatcherd and Letterman, 1807. First edition, 4to, contemporary diced russia, engraved title-page, 41 engraved plates (mostly hand-coloured), loss to spine-ends, front joint cracked, engraved title damp-stained, section excised from head of letterpress title;
Weir, Harrison (illustrator). The Poultry Book ... by the Rev. W. Wingfield, G. W. Johnson, Esq. London: Wm. S. Orr and Co., 1853. First edition, 4to, contemporary red half calf, additional chromolithographic title-page, 20 chromolithographic plates (22 species listed but 2 of these not depicted on separate plates), errata slip, spotting, bookplate, related ink-stamp to additional title-page verso, short closed tear in fore margin of prelims;
these collated with regard to plates only, and sold together with 4 others (Leonard Towne, The Farmer's Directory, [1820], 4to, contemporary streaked calf, rebacked; R. W. Dickson, An Improved System of Management of Live Stock and Cattle, c.1820, 2 volumes, 4to, later half morocco; Wright's Book of Poultry, c.1930, 4to, contemporary half morocco; Harrison Weir, Our Poultry, c.1900?, 2 volumes, contemporary half morocco, these not collated)
Footnote
Provenance: The Library of the late John Watson Ravenshear, with his bookplates.