Lot 138
  • 138

Plinius Secundus, Gaius.

Estimate
600 - 900 GBP
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Description

  • The Historie of the World: commonly called, The Natural Historie of C. Plinius Secundus. Translated into English by Philemon Holland. London: Adam Islip, 1635-1634, 2 volumes in one, folio (325 x 209mm.), advertisement leaf at end of vol.2, nineteenth-century calf, [cf. Norman 1719], vol.1 minor repair to edge of first 2 leaves, very slight worming in gathering 2N-2O and small paper flaw in 3D4, vol.2 very slight worming at beginning, binding somewhat rubbed, rebacked retaining original spine
Communications to the Board of Agriculture; on the subjects relative to the husbandry and internal improvement of the country. London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1797-1813, 7 volumes (volume I part 1 to volume VII part 2), 4to (273 x 210mm.), 127 engraved plates, maps and plans, 6 hand-coloured (including one map), some folding, 10 folding letterpress tables, near uniformly bound in contemporary tree calf gilt, flat spines gilt, black morocco labels, lacking plate 6 in volume 2, volume 3 lacking chapter XV (pp.293-308), volume 5 without chapter XVII (? not issued), some joints split, spine ends slightly worn, sold as a periodical not subject to return



Tull, Jethro. The Horse-Hoing Husbandry. London: printed for the author, and sold by G. Strahan; T. Woodward; A. Miller; J. Stagg; and J. Brindley, 1733, first illustrated edition, folio (293 x 180mm.), 5 engraved folding plates (of 6), eighteenth-century half calf, red morocco lettering-piece, [Norman 2113; Perkins 1782; PMM 188], lacking plate 4, spotting, binding rebacked and worn at edges



together 9 volumes