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	AGRICULTURE. Catalogue of the Walter Frank Perkins Agricultural Library. The University Library, Southampton. 1961. First Edition, large 8vo, one of 500 copies, frontis., orig. cloth. Over 2,000 titles mostly before 1900. GBP 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 73 US$ 108.29 \| JP¥ 9633] Book number: 22255 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	ABERDEEN FARMERâ€™S POCKET COMPANION. The Aberdeen Farmerâ€™s Pocket Companion: or, a New Prognostication, Improved and Enlarged. For the Year of our Lord 1799 [1800; 1801; 1802; 1806; 1808]; Being the third after Leap-Year. Containing, A Chronological Table of remarkable eventsâ€”Vulgar note [Aberdeen]. [1799-1806]. 6 yearly issues, (1799, 8pp; 1800, 8pp; 1801, 8pp; 1802, 8pp; 1806, 12pp; 1808, 12pp.), stitched as issued, browning and spotting as a result of the rather poor quality paper, corners worn with some loss but not to text, one or two small tears (the 1802 issue rather more so). By their very nature, these ephemeral almanacs are very rare; they were intended for issue within the year of printing and then to be thrown away. Printed on poor quality paper, they are susceptible to browning and general wear as is the case with these.Contents include: Geographical description of the world; dimensions of Scotland, England, and Ireland; a very useful table for calculating servants' wages, etc. GBP 745.00 [Appr.: EURO 834.5 US$ 1241.17 \| JP¥ 110408] Book number: 26792 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BUTTRESS (F.A.) COMPILER. Agricultural Periodicals of the British Isles, 1681-1900, and their Location. School of Agriculture, University of Cambridge. 1950. 16pp., orig. printed wrappers. A scarce reference work of agricultural periodicals. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 \| JP¥ 2964] Book number: 25456 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	FUSSELL (G.E.) The Old English Farming Books 1523 to 1730. Crosby Lockwood & Son. 1947. First Edition, 16 plates, orig. cloth. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 \| JP¥ 3705] Book number: 14396 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	FUSSELL (G.E.) The Old English Farming Books 1523 to 1730. [With:] More Old English Farming Books 1731 to 1793. Crosby Lockwood & Son. 1947-50. First Edition, 2 vols., 24 plates, orig. cloth. GBP 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.25 US$ 83.3 \| JP¥ 7410] Book number: 14586 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	MARKHAM (GERVASE) Maison Rustique, or, The Countrey Farme. Compyled in the French Tongue by Charles Stevens, and John Liebault, Doctors of Physicke. And Translated into English by Richard Surflet, Practitioner in Physicke. Now Newly Reviewed, Corrected, and Augmented... an Printed by Adam Islip for John Bill. 1616. Third Edition, folio, [20],732,[24]pp., (lacks initial and final blanks), woodcut device on title, 38 woodcut text figures and diagrams, final leaf a little browned with repair to upper blank margin, neat bookplates to endpapers, nineteenth-century half calf, lightly rubbed otherwise a nice copy. Third edition of Richard Surfletâ€™s translation, first published in London in 1600 and again in 1606. Markham edited and greatly augmented the third edition â€œto make it a more reliable guide for those working in English conditionsâ€â€”Poynter.A wonderful compilation dealing with every aspect of Farm work and life, from curing a sick labourer of beast, sowing and planting, grafting and ordering fruit trees, to baking bread and brewing beer, including chapters on preserving fruits, making cyder and perry, beekeeping, feeding and keeping silkworms, making meadows and fish ponds, planting timber trees, medicinal wines (with a dissertation on wines of France), breeding herons, hunting, hawking, and the taking and keeping of song-birds. Markham has used Surflets translation and made additions to it from the works of Serres and Vinet of France, Albyterio of Spain, Grilli of Italy, and other authors. Poynter, 31; Goldsmithsâ€™-Kress, 451; STC 10549. GBP 1695.00 [Appr.: EURO 1898.5 US$ 2823.87 \| JP¥ 251196] Book number: 26627 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	MILLS (JOHN) A Treatise on Cattle: Shewing the most approved Methods of Breeding, Rearing, and Fitting for Use, Horses, Asses, Mules, Horned Cattle, Sheep, Goats, and Swine; with Directions for the proper Treatment of them in their several Disorders: To which is added Printed for J. Johnson. 1776. First Edition, [iv],viii,498,[18]pp., with errata leaf, half-title and title page a little creased, prelims and final leaf a little browned, cont. calf, rebacked. Smith, The Early History of Veterinary Literature, vol. 2, pp.135-37. GBP 295.00 [Appr.: EURO 330.5 US$ 491.47 \| JP¥ 43719] Book number: 26608 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	DOYLE (MARTIN) PSEUD. [REV. WILLIAM HICKEY] Hints for the Small Farmers of Ireland. Printed by J. Charles, Dublin. 1830. Fourth Edition, 12mo, viii,[5]-175pp., frontispiece of a plan and elevation of a house come farm building, prelims a little creased, orig. calf, most of spine has gone and boards are held by cords. Originally published in detached numbers in the Wexford Herald and first appearing in book form in 1828. The Rev. William Hickley produced many pamphlets under the pseudonym Martin Doyle, this, his most important contribution to agricultural improvement, attempts to instil a scientific understanding of agriculture in place of the traditional methods of the rural poor. GBP 165.00 [Appr.: EURO 185 US$ 274.89 \| JP¥ 24453] Book number: 25842 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	WALBERG (THEOBALD VON) Neueste Beobachtungen zur Veredlung des Feldbaues und der Forstwissenschaft. SchrÃ¤mblscheBuchdruckerei, Vienna. 1810. First Edition, [ii],479,[1],[4 (errata)]pp., engraved frontispiece and 4 engraved folding plates, 4 folding letterpress tables, orig. paper wrappers, unopened, uncut, a nice copy. GBP 195.00 [Appr.: EURO 218.5 US$ 324.87 \| JP¥ 28899] Book number: 26688 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.

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	AGRICULTURE. Catalogue of the Walter Frank Perkins Agricultural Library. The University Library, Southampton. 1961. First Edition, large 8vo, one of 500 copies, frontis., orig. cloth. Over 2,000 titles mostly before 1900. GBP 65.00 [Appr.: EURO 73 US$ 108.29 \| JP¥ 9633] Book number: 22255 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	ABERDEEN FARMERâ€™S POCKET COMPANION. The Aberdeen Farmerâ€™s Pocket Companion: or, a New Prognostication, Improved and Enlarged. For the Year of our Lord 1799 [1800; 1801; 1802; 1806; 1808]; Being the third after Leap-Year. Containing, A Chronological Table of remarkable eventsâ€”Vulgar note [Aberdeen]. [1799-1806]. 6 yearly issues, (1799, 8pp; 1800, 8pp; 1801, 8pp; 1802, 8pp; 1806, 12pp; 1808, 12pp.), stitched as issued, browning and spotting as a result of the rather poor quality paper, corners worn with some loss but not to text, one or two small tears (the 1802 issue rather more so). By their very nature, these ephemeral almanacs are very rare; they were intended for issue within the year of printing and then to be thrown away. Printed on poor quality paper, they are susceptible to browning and general wear as is the case with these.Contents include: Geographical description of the world; dimensions of Scotland, England, and Ireland; a very useful table for calculating servants' wages, etc. GBP 745.00 [Appr.: EURO 834.5 US$ 1241.17 \| JP¥ 110408] Book number: 26792 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	BUTTRESS (F.A.) COMPILER. Agricultural Periodicals of the British Isles, 1681-1900, and their Location. School of Agriculture, University of Cambridge. 1950. 16pp., orig. printed wrappers. A scarce reference work of agricultural periodicals. GBP 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 22.5 US$ 33.32 \| JP¥ 2964] Book number: 25456 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	FUSSELL (G.E.) The Old English Farming Books 1523 to 1730. Crosby Lockwood & Son. 1947. First Edition, 16 plates, orig. cloth. GBP 25.00 [Appr.: EURO 28.25 US$ 41.65 \| JP¥ 3705] Book number: 14396 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	FUSSELL (G.E.) The Old English Farming Books 1523 to 1730. [With:] More Old English Farming Books 1731 to 1793. Crosby Lockwood & Son. 1947-50. First Edition, 2 vols., 24 plates, orig. cloth. GBP 50.00 [Appr.: EURO 56.25 US$ 83.3 \| JP¥ 7410] Book number: 14586 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	MARKHAM (GERVASE) Maison Rustique, or, The Countrey Farme. Compyled in the French Tongue by Charles Stevens, and John Liebault, Doctors of Physicke. And Translated into English by Richard Surflet, Practitioner in Physicke. Now Newly Reviewed, Corrected, and Augmented... an Printed by Adam Islip for John Bill. 1616. Third Edition, folio, [20],732,[24]pp., (lacks initial and final blanks), woodcut device on title, 38 woodcut text figures and diagrams, final leaf a little browned with repair to upper blank margin, neat bookplates to endpapers, nineteenth-century half calf, lightly rubbed otherwise a nice copy. Third edition of Richard Surfletâ€™s translation, first published in London in 1600 and again in 1606. Markham edited and greatly augmented the third edition â€œto make it a more reliable guide for those working in English conditionsâ€â€”Poynter.A wonderful compilation dealing with every aspect of Farm work and life, from curing a sick labourer of beast, sowing and planting, grafting and ordering fruit trees, to baking bread and brewing beer, including chapters on preserving fruits, making cyder and perry, beekeeping, feeding and keeping silkworms, making meadows and fish ponds, planting timber trees, medicinal wines (with a dissertation on wines of France), breeding herons, hunting, hawking, and the taking and keeping of song-birds. Markham has used Surflets translation and made additions to it from the works of Serres and Vinet of France, Albyterio of Spain, Grilli of Italy, and other authors. Poynter, 31; Goldsmithsâ€™-Kress, 451; STC 10549. GBP 1695.00 [Appr.: EURO 1898.5 US$ 2823.87 \| JP¥ 251196] Book number: 26627 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	MILLS (JOHN) A Treatise on Cattle: Shewing the most approved Methods of Breeding, Rearing, and Fitting for Use, Horses, Asses, Mules, Horned Cattle, Sheep, Goats, and Swine; with Directions for the proper Treatment of them in their several Disorders: To which is added Printed for J. Johnson. 1776. First Edition, [iv],viii,498,[18]pp., with errata leaf, half-title and title page a little creased, prelims and final leaf a little browned, cont. calf, rebacked. Smith, The Early History of Veterinary Literature, vol. 2, pp.135-37. GBP 295.00 [Appr.: EURO 330.5 US$ 491.47 \| JP¥ 43719] Book number: 26608 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	DOYLE (MARTIN) PSEUD. [REV. WILLIAM HICKEY] Hints for the Small Farmers of Ireland. Printed by J. Charles, Dublin. 1830. Fourth Edition, 12mo, viii,[5]-175pp., frontispiece of a plan and elevation of a house come farm building, prelims a little creased, orig. calf, most of spine has gone and boards are held by cords. Originally published in detached numbers in the Wexford Herald and first appearing in book form in 1828. The Rev. William Hickley produced many pamphlets under the pseudonym Martin Doyle, this, his most important contribution to agricultural improvement, attempts to instil a scientific understanding of agriculture in place of the traditional methods of the rural poor. GBP 165.00 [Appr.: EURO 185 US$ 274.89 \| JP¥ 24453] Book number: 25842 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.
	WALBERG (THEOBALD VON) Neueste Beobachtungen zur Veredlung des Feldbaues und der Forstwissenschaft. SchrÃ¤mblscheBuchdruckerei, Vienna. 1810. First Edition, [ii],479,[1],[4 (errata)]pp., engraved frontispiece and 4 engraved folding plates, 4 folding letterpress tables, orig. paper wrappers, unopened, uncut, a nice copy. GBP 195.00 [Appr.: EURO 218.5 US$ 324.87 \| JP¥ 28899] Book number: 26688 Click here to order or inquire at Forest Books.