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177816661Edinburch: Printed for the Author and Sold By J. Murray. Good. 1778. Second Edition. Hardcover. Title Continued: Plain Directions for removing most of the valuable kinds of Forest-Trees to the height of thirty feet and upwards with certain success and on the same principles with as certain success for transplanting Hedges of Sundry kinds which will at once resist Cattle: to which are added Directions for the Disposition Planting and culture of Hedges by observing which they will be handsomer and stronger Fences in five years than they now usually are in ten. 1778 second edition in original leather binding. 259pp ii -xxvi Preface xxvii -xliii Subscribers. 3 pages of Postscript. Both covers are decorated with a narrow gilt border. Spine has raised bands with geometric gilt designs in panels. Clean brown leather. Interior of text is tight clean & intact. Marble endpaper. Front hinge cracked with cover firmly attached. Spine ends and front corners lightly rubbed. Trees Forestry Botany ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 259 pages; The original leather binding. . Printed for the Author and Sold By J. Murray hardcover
1770018436Edinburgh and London: A. Kincaid & J. Bell; T. Longman & T. Caddel 1770. Two volumes; with two engraved plates slightly marked at the margins small thick octavo pp lxvi 487; 8 564 edpapers age-toned at the margins the first volume suffers from some marginal worm holes early on but between pages 365 & 386 the little beast has eaten the upper margin so much that several pieces are nearly detached see illustration otherwise the volumes are both clean and tight internally with just a few turned corners; contemporary roan marked and scuffed joints a little worn the upper joint cracked slightly in each volume leather labels in black and red on the spines. Dickson was born in 1721 at Aberlady and studied at Edinburgh University where he took the degree of M.A. He passed his life between his cherished country employments on a large farm of his father's where he lost no opportunity of gathering experience from the conversation of the neighbouring farmers and the duties of his holy office. Having early shown a great taste for agriculture he watched its processes carefully and made rapid progress in it as he always connected practice with theory. On moving to Dunse he found more real improvements in the art and also more difficulties to be surmounted than had been the case in East Lothian. Observing that English works on agriculture were ill adapted to the soil and climate of Scotland and consisted of theories rather than facts supported by experience he determined to compose a "Treatise on Agriculture" on a new plan. The first edition of this appeared in 1762 and was followed by a second in 1770. This treatise is practical and excellently adapted to the farming of Scotland its first four books treating of soils tillage and manures in general the other four of schemes of managing farms usual in Scotland at that time and suggestions for their improvement. "Probably the most important of the authors of the period". And fifty years later J.C. Loudon wrote "decidedly the best work on tillage which has appeared in the English language and was and still is held in universal esteem among the practical farmers of Scotland". New Edition. Full Leather. Good. A. Kincaid & J. Bell; T. Longman & T. Caddel Hardcover
1784j5711Edinburgh London Newcastle: Printed by James Small; sold by W Creech C Elliot and T Cadell. G : in Good condition. Covers rubbed and edge-worn with tears to leather along front cover. Light marking to spine. Some foxing and sporadic light marking within. Extinct worming to spine and prelims. One plate split along crease without loss. Contents otherwise generally clean and tight. 1784. First Edition. Leather cover. 210mm x 230mm 8" x 9". 250pp 71pp. 9 plates mainly folding comprising designs for ploughs and wheel carriages. Two treatise bound as one. The second being John Bailey's essay on the construction of the plough and published in 1795. . Printed by James Small; sold by W Creech, C Elliot and T Cadell hardcover
1717004780London: Printed for Edward Symon 1717. 2nd Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. 160pp 4 folding plates. Full leather blind-tooled decoration to boards in contrasting shades 5 raised bands and blind tooling to spine maroon label gilt lettered. Corners worn other light wear to cover old bookplate on front pasetdown endpapers heavily foxed and light foxing mainly to page edges and margins binding is tight. Four plates bound in rear are sound with foxing to margins. A very attractively bound book. <br/> <br/> Printed for Edward Symon hardcover
172816648London. Good. 1728. First Edition. Hardcover. Title continued: whereby estates may be greatly improved. Offered to the consideration of the nobility and gentry of Great-Britain. By Batty Langly of Twickenham. Printed for Francis Clay at the Bible and Daniel Brown at the Black-Swan without Temple-Bar. Original binding in leather. Spine with raised bands and gilt label. Both hinges are cracked with covers firmly attached. Fold out engraved frontispiece. Interior of text is tight clean & intact without foxing. Title in red and black ink. Decorative head and tail pieces. United Kingdom; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 274 pages . hardcover
1745016628London Bridge: J. Hodges et al 1745. Fourth edition 1754. Small 12mo pp 4 xlvi 232 a little age-toning and a few blemishes the endpapers and the first and last few pages have some browning around the margins overall however the contents are sound and tight contenporary full calf a little worn rubbed at the corners the spine dull some cracking at the joints but all firm. Child c. 1630/31 - 1699 was an English merchant and politician. He was an economist proponent of mercantilism and governor of the East India Company. He purchased Wanstead Manor in Essex in 1673 from the executors of Sir Robert Brooke and spent much money on laying out the grounds of the manor house Wanstead Hall. John Evelyn described him as "sordidly avaricious" !! Child's advocacy both by speech and by pen of the East India Company's claims to political power as well as to its right of restricting competition to its trade brought him to the notice of the shareholders. He was appointed a Director in 1677 rising to Deputy-Governor and finally became Governor of the East India Company in 1681. In this latter capacity he directed the Company's policy as if it were his own private business. He was a moderate in those days of the mercantile system and has sometimes been regarded as a sort of pioneer in the development of the free-trade doctrines of the 18th century. Though Child considered himself a proponent of the competitive market he simultaneously argued for a government-controlled interest rate and restricted trade among the colonies which would benefit England. Fourth edition. Full Leather. Good. J. Hodges (et al) Hardcover
179156783London, Printed for the Author by H. Hughs, 1791. Large folio. Later clothbacked marbled boards. Large engraved titlevignette. XIV,198 pp., 23 engraved plates of which 4 are maps/charts. Some dampstaining to upper part of title-page. The first 5 leaves with marginal brownspots. A few plates with light toning. Plates with scattered brownspots.
1771W028London: T. Cadell and P. Elmsly et al. 1771. 1st English Edition . Hardback. Vg. 4to. Vol II of 2 only. 441-880pp. Original full calf with morocco labels raised bands worn and chipped to the front board. The dictionary from NIT to the end. 2 engraved plates and a table of chemical symbols as called for. Half-title and tile pages both present.The binders instructions call for 2 plates only at the rear of volume 2. 'With full explanations of the qualities and modes of acting of chemical remedies and the fundamental principles of the arts trades and manufactures dependent on chemistry / translated from the French'. Pierre Joseph Macquer Paris 1718-1784. The original French edition was entitled 'Elemens de Chymie' and published in 1766. The French edition was 8vo and the two volumes has over 1300 pages. Important work known as the first modern book on chemistry. The English translation of Macquer's dictionary London 1771 by the Scot James Keir was five years after the French and he added material Black MacBride and Cavendish. A scarce item. 260x205mm. Cole Chemical Literature 874 <br/> <br/> T. Cadell and P. Elmsly et al. hardcover
175654822London, A. Millar, 1756. Contemp. full mottled calf. Gilt spine. Titlelabel with gilt lettering. Light wear at upper compartment. A paperlabel pasted on lower compartment. A stamp on foot of title-page. XIX,(1),168 pp., 20 large folded engraved plates. Large engraved vignette on the dedication leaf. Light toning to title-page, otherwise clean.
174028726London: For J. Hodges. Very Good with no dust jacket. 1740. Second Edition. Hardcover. Metals; Mines; 18th Century; frontis; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 16 319 2 pages; Barba Alvaro Alonso. A COLLECTION OF SCARCE AND VALUABLE TREATISE UPON METALS MINES AND MINERALS vols I and II TWO BOOKS BOUND IN ONE CT. Mid 19th-Century cloth; spine neatly repaired. Slightly dusty. Frontis. Some internal spotting & dust staining. 1740 second edition is in Ferguson 1: 170; Hoover 226; Kress S3591; and in Palau: 23632 23633. Graphic of book exterior also available. . For J. Hodges hardcover
170557661(Dresden Leipzig, Mieth, 1705). Small folio. Later modest hcloth (ca. 1880). Title-page lacks. 192 pp., 29 (of 32) double-page engraved plates. The first few leaves with light browning. A few scattered brownspots.
