Agriculture
Collection of Scottish county surveys and other treatises, 18th-19th century
£693
Rare Books, Manuscripts, Maps & Photographs
Auction: 28 September 2022 from 10:00 BST
Description
Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus. Of Husbandry, London: A Millar, 1745. First edition in English, 4to, contemporary calf, contemporary calf (front board detached, crude attempted repairs to front joint) [ESTC T82174];
Parkinson, Richard. The Experienced Farmer. London: for G. G. and J. Robinson, 1798. First edition, 2 volumes, 8vo, contemporary tree calf, rebacked, gilt-lettered 'Board of Agriculture 1800' on front covers, related ink-stamps to versos of title-pages [ESTC T123478: 10 copies in UK libraries];
Ellis, William. The Modern Husbandman. London: T. Osborne, and M. Cooper, 1744. 4 volumes, 8vo, contemporary mottled calf, rebacked [ESTC T27820];
Russell, Joseph. An Improved System of Agriculture. Kenilworth: for the author, 1840. First edition, 8vo, modern boards, half-title, 2 engraved plates;
Morice, Francis. An Essay on Agriculture, and the Management of Landed Estates. Aberdeen: for the author, 1824. 8vo, uncut in original boards, half-title;
Buchan-Hepburn, George. General View of the Agriculture ... of East Lothian. Edinburgh: John Moir, 1794. First edition, 4to, contemporary boards, rebacked, binding defective and several leaves loose, half-title, errata leaf, contemporary inscription 'Gilbert Burns, from a friend' on title-page (possibly Gilbert Burns, 1760-1827, brother of Robert and farmer in East Lothian) [ESTC T40588];
Martin, Alexander. General View of the Agriculture in the County of Renfrew. London: C. Clarke, 1794. First edition, 4to, modern cloth, half-title, engraved plate (shaved) [ESTC T40669];
Marshall, William. General View of the Agriculture of the Central Highlands of Scotland. London: T. Wright, 1794. First edition, 4to, modern wrappers, half-title, custom slipcase [ESTC T40609];
Heron, Robert. General View of the ... Hebudae or Hebrides. Edinburgh: John Paterson, 1794. First edition, 4to, half-title discarded, custom slipcase [ESTC T40705];
Robson, James. General View of the Agriculture in the County of Argyll, and Western Part of Inverness-Shire. London: W. Smith, 1794. First edition, 4to, disbound, retaining half-title, custom slipcase [ESTC T40596];
Anderson, James. General View of the Agriculture ... of the County of Aberdeen. Edinburgh: [no publisher], 1794. First edition, 4to, contemporary marbled boards (covers detached), half-title, bookplate of Macdonald of St Martins [ESTC T40592];
Fullarton, William. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Ayr. Edinburgh: John Paterson, 1793. First edition, 4to, modern card wrappers, half-title discarded [ESTC T40612];
Trotter, James. General View of the Agriculture of the County West Lothian. Edinburgh: Adam Neill, 1794. First edition, 4to, half-title (repaired), disbound [ESTC T40684];
Mackenzie, Sir George Steuart. A General View of the Agriculture of the Counties of Ross and Cromarty. London: Richard Phillips, 1810. First edition, 8vo, modern cloth, folding map, untrimmed;
Singer, William. General View of the Agriculture ... of Dumfries. London: Sherwood, Neely, and Jones, [1812]. 8vo, uncut in original boards, rebacked, half-title, engraved folding map, 9 plates including 4 coloured aquatints of cattle, errata leaf;
and 13 others, including further county surveys (John Wilson, Renfrewshire, 1812; John Smith, Argyle, 1813; David Souter, Banff, 1812, etc.), Adam Dickson, The Husbandry of the Ancients, 1788 (2 volumes, 8vo, uncut in original boards, labels renewed), and similar
Footnote
Provenance: The Library of the late John Watson Ravenshear, with his bookplates.