HALE, Thomas. A Compleat Body of Husbandry, containing rules for performing, in the most profitable manner, the whole business of the farmer and country gentleman, London: T. Osborne and others, 1756, 2°, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece (stamps on verso), 13 engraved plates and 1 engraved illustration (title torn with loss and with perforation stamp, apparently lacking gathering A2, gathering Ggg2 and final leaf torn, some plates trimmed at outer margin), later marbled boards (rebacked with library cloth, disbound). [Kress 5528] -- [Walter HARTE.] Essays on Husbandry, London: W. Frederick, 1764, 8°, FIRST EDITION, title (perforation stamp on title), 5 engraved plates, numerous woodcut illustrations (lacking final blank E8), contemporary calf gilt (rebacked, front hinge strengthened) [Kress 6188] -- James ANDERSON. Essays relating to Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Edinburgh and London: for William Creech and T. Cadell, 1777, 2 volumes, 8°, second edition, half-titles, 21 engraved plates including 3 folding (perforation stamps on titles lacking c4 of vol. I, probably a blank, tear to lower blank margin of Ii2 of vol. II, not affecting text), library cloth; and another work by the same author in 4 volumes (imperfect). Provenance: I. II. & III. JCL (8)

細節

HALE, Thomas. A Compleat Body of Husbandry, containing rules for performing, in the most profitable manner, the whole business of the farmer and country gentleman, London: T. Osborne and others, 1756, 2°, FIRST EDITION, engraved frontispiece (stamps on verso), 13 engraved plates and 1 engraved illustration (title torn with loss and with perforation stamp, apparently lacking gathering A², gathering Ggg² and final leaf torn, some plates trimmed at outer margin), later marbled boards (rebacked with library cloth, disbound). [Kress 5528] -- [Walter HARTE.] Essays on Husbandry, London: W. Frederick, 1764, 8°, FIRST EDITION, title (perforation stamp on title), 5 engraved plates, numerous woodcut illustrations (lacking final blank E8), contemporary calf gilt (rebacked, front hinge strengthened) [Kress 6188] -- James ANDERSON. Essays relating to Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Edinburgh and London: for William Creech and T. Cadell, 1777, 2 volumes, 8°, second edition, half-titles, 21 engraved plates including 3 folding (perforation stamps on titles lacking c4 of vol. I, probably a blank, tear to lower blank margin of Ii2 of vol. II, not affecting text), library cloth; and another work by the same author in 4 volumes (imperfect). Provenance: I. II. & III. JCL (8)