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	BOYS (JOHN): A General View of the Agriculture of the County of Kent; With Observations on the Means of it Improvement. Drawn up for The Consideration of the Board of Agriculture, and Internal Improvement, From the original Report transmitted to the Board; With addit London: Printed for G. Nicol...and sold by Messrs Robinson..., J. Sewell..., Cadell and Davies...., William Creech, Edinburgh; and John Archer, Dublin, 1796. 8vo, pp. xiv [xv - xvi Preface], 206 [207 Errata, 208 blank], including half-title, folding engraved coloured map before title-page, folding chart between pp. 126 and 127, 2 full-page engraved plates, original wrappers, uncut; ex-library, with library stamp in blind on front free end-paper, half-title, and title-page, library shelf marks in pencil and ink on verso of title-page, with ink slightly showing through to recto, spine reinforced, covers a little soiled. Boys (1749 - 1824) was a farmer in Kent and one of the commissioners for sewers for east Kent. He wrote this book at the request of the board of agriculture. The first edition of this book was published in Brentford in 1794. Goldsmiths 16572. GBP 220.00 [Appr.: EURO 244 US$ 365.42 \| JP¥ 32283] Book number: 4648 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	DONALDSON (JAMES): General View of the Agriculture of the County of Elgin or Moray, lying between the Spey and the Findhorn; including part of Strathspey, in the Counter of Inverness. With Observations on the Means of its Improvement. Drawn up for the Consideration of the London: Printed by C. Clarke, 1794. FIRST EDITION. 4to, pp. [3] - 43 [44 blank], library buckram; ex-library. This is one of a series of works on the agriculture of various Scottish counties that Donaldson wrote for the board of agriculture. GBP 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 122 US$ 182.71 \| JP¥ 16142] Book number: 5631 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	HOARE (CLEMENT): A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of The Grape Vine on Open Walls. Second Edition. London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman..., 1837. Large 8vo, pp. vii [viii blank, ix "Advertisement to the Second Edition," x blank, xi Contents, xii blank], recent boards, paper label; rear joint cracked. GBP 165.00 [Appr.: EURO 183 US$ 274.07 \| JP¥ 24213] Book number: 1929 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	HUNTER (ALEXANDER): Georgical Essays. York: Printed by A. Ward, for J. Dodsley..., 1777. 8vo, pp. [iv], 530 [531 - 534 Index, 535 adverts, 536 blank], uncut, recently recased in rather nasty quarter cloth, marbled boards, paper label. Hunter (1729 - 1800), a native of Edinburgh, practiced medicine in York from 1763 until his death. He published these essays in four volumes in 1770 - 1772, but this later edition adds essays not available in those volumes. Most of the essays are by Hunter, but other contributors include Adam Dickson, Robert Peirson, Thomas Percival, Richard Townley, and William Speechley. GBP 220.00 [Appr.: EURO 244 US$ 365.42 \| JP¥ 32283] Book number: 2953 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	KAMES (HENRY HOME), LORD: The Gentleman Farmer: Being an Attempt to improve Agriculture, by subjecting it to the test of Rational Principles. The Sixth Edition. To which is added A Supplement, containing An Account of the Present State of Agriculture, and of the Improvements Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute; and for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, London, 1815. 8vo, pp. [iv], 555 [556 - 558 adverts], 3 engraved plates, uncut, recently rebound in half calf, gilt spine, marbled boards. A very good copy. Kames's Gentleman Farmer was first published in 1776, and this is the last edition of his work to be published. The unidentified editor of this edition has included a "Supplement" occupying pages 447 - 548, bringing Kames's work up-to-date. GBP 275.00 [Appr.: EURO 305 US$ 456.78 \| JP¥ 40354] Book number: 2572 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	TAPLIN (WILLIAM): The Gentleman's Stable Directory; or, Modern System of Farriery. Comprehending All the most valuable Prescriptions and approved Remedies...[for] every known disease to which the horse is incident.... To which is now added, A Supplement, containing Pract London: Printed for G. G. J. & J. Robinson..., 1791, 1793. 2 volumes. 8vo, pp. xxiv, 519 [520 blank]; viii,417 [418 - 424 adverts], including half-title in each volume, engraved portrait of author as frontispiece in volume 1, folding engraved plate of horseshoe in volume 2, contemporary tree calf, gilt spines, morocco labels; very slight wear to binding, but generally a very good set. GBP 275.00 [Appr.: EURO 305 US$ 456.78 \| JP¥ 40354] Book number: 1069 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	XENOPHON. The Science of Good Husbandry: Or, The Oeconomics of Xenophon. Shewing The Method of Ruling and Ordering a Family, and of Managing a Farm to the best Advantage. Translated from the Greek by R. Bradley.... London: Printed for Tho. Corbet..., 1727. FIRST EDITION of this translation. 8vo, pp. [xii], 131 [132 blank], including half-title, contemporary worn calf; 15 mms of top margin of half-tile and title cut away (presumably to remove name), margin of spine very crudely repaired with tape, extending about 50 mms. onto each board. Although Bradley (c. 1688 - 1732) was a Fellow of the Royal Society and Professor of Botany at Cambridge when this work was published, he seems to have colluded in something of a fraud, as he was entirely ignorant of Greek and Latin and was unlikely to have been the translator of the work. In the Preface Bradley suggests that this is the first English translation of Xenophon's Oeconomicus; in fact, it was first translated into English in 1632 by Gentian Hervet and was reprinted several times in the 16th century. Goldsmiths 6511. GBP 165.00 [Appr.: EURO 183 US$ 274.07 \| JP¥ 24213] Book number: 4957 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.

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	BOYS (JOHN): A General View of the Agriculture of the County of Kent; With Observations on the Means of it Improvement. Drawn up for The Consideration of the Board of Agriculture, and Internal Improvement, From the original Report transmitted to the Board; With addit London: Printed for G. Nicol...and sold by Messrs Robinson..., J. Sewell..., Cadell and Davies...., William Creech, Edinburgh; and John Archer, Dublin, 1796. 8vo, pp. xiv [xv - xvi Preface], 206 [207 Errata, 208 blank], including half-title, folding engraved coloured map before title-page, folding chart between pp. 126 and 127, 2 full-page engraved plates, original wrappers, uncut; ex-library, with library stamp in blind on front free end-paper, half-title, and title-page, library shelf marks in pencil and ink on verso of title-page, with ink slightly showing through to recto, spine reinforced, covers a little soiled. Boys (1749 - 1824) was a farmer in Kent and one of the commissioners for sewers for east Kent. He wrote this book at the request of the board of agriculture. The first edition of this book was published in Brentford in 1794. Goldsmiths 16572. GBP 220.00 [Appr.: EURO 244 US$ 365.42 \| JP¥ 32283] Book number: 4648 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	DONALDSON (JAMES): General View of the Agriculture of the County of Elgin or Moray, lying between the Spey and the Findhorn; including part of Strathspey, in the Counter of Inverness. With Observations on the Means of its Improvement. Drawn up for the Consideration of the London: Printed by C. Clarke, 1794. FIRST EDITION. 4to, pp. [3] - 43 [44 blank], library buckram; ex-library. This is one of a series of works on the agriculture of various Scottish counties that Donaldson wrote for the board of agriculture. GBP 110.00 [Appr.: EURO 122 US$ 182.71 \| JP¥ 16142] Book number: 5631 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	HOARE (CLEMENT): A Practical Treatise on the Cultivation of The Grape Vine on Open Walls. Second Edition. London: Printed for Longman, Rees, Orme, Brown, Green, and Longman..., 1837. Large 8vo, pp. vii [viii blank, ix "Advertisement to the Second Edition," x blank, xi Contents, xii blank], recent boards, paper label; rear joint cracked. GBP 165.00 [Appr.: EURO 183 US$ 274.07 \| JP¥ 24213] Book number: 1929 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	HUNTER (ALEXANDER): Georgical Essays. York: Printed by A. Ward, for J. Dodsley..., 1777. 8vo, pp. [iv], 530 [531 - 534 Index, 535 adverts, 536 blank], uncut, recently recased in rather nasty quarter cloth, marbled boards, paper label. Hunter (1729 - 1800), a native of Edinburgh, practiced medicine in York from 1763 until his death. He published these essays in four volumes in 1770 - 1772, but this later edition adds essays not available in those volumes. Most of the essays are by Hunter, but other contributors include Adam Dickson, Robert Peirson, Thomas Percival, Richard Townley, and William Speechley. GBP 220.00 [Appr.: EURO 244 US$ 365.42 \| JP¥ 32283] Book number: 2953 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	KAMES (HENRY HOME), LORD: The Gentleman Farmer: Being an Attempt to improve Agriculture, by subjecting it to the test of Rational Principles. The Sixth Edition. To which is added A Supplement, containing An Account of the Present State of Agriculture, and of the Improvements Edinburgh: Printed for Bell & Bradfute; and for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme & Brown, London, 1815. 8vo, pp. [iv], 555 [556 - 558 adverts], 3 engraved plates, uncut, recently rebound in half calf, gilt spine, marbled boards. A very good copy. Kames's Gentleman Farmer was first published in 1776, and this is the last edition of his work to be published. The unidentified editor of this edition has included a "Supplement" occupying pages 447 - 548, bringing Kames's work up-to-date. GBP 275.00 [Appr.: EURO 305 US$ 456.78 \| JP¥ 40354] Book number: 2572 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	TAPLIN (WILLIAM): The Gentleman's Stable Directory; or, Modern System of Farriery. Comprehending All the most valuable Prescriptions and approved Remedies...[for] every known disease to which the horse is incident.... To which is now added, A Supplement, containing Pract London: Printed for G. G. J. & J. Robinson..., 1791, 1793. 2 volumes. 8vo, pp. xxiv, 519 [520 blank]; viii,417 [418 - 424 adverts], including half-title in each volume, engraved portrait of author as frontispiece in volume 1, folding engraved plate of horseshoe in volume 2, contemporary tree calf, gilt spines, morocco labels; very slight wear to binding, but generally a very good set. GBP 275.00 [Appr.: EURO 305 US$ 456.78 \| JP¥ 40354] Book number: 1069 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.
	XENOPHON. The Science of Good Husbandry: Or, The Oeconomics of Xenophon. Shewing The Method of Ruling and Ordering a Family, and of Managing a Farm to the best Advantage. Translated from the Greek by R. Bradley.... London: Printed for Tho. Corbet..., 1727. FIRST EDITION of this translation. 8vo, pp. [xii], 131 [132 blank], including half-title, contemporary worn calf; 15 mms of top margin of half-tile and title cut away (presumably to remove name), margin of spine very crudely repaired with tape, extending about 50 mms. onto each board. Although Bradley (c. 1688 - 1732) was a Fellow of the Royal Society and Professor of Botany at Cambridge when this work was published, he seems to have colluded in something of a fraud, as he was entirely ignorant of Greek and Latin and was unlikely to have been the translator of the work. In the Preface Bradley suggests that this is the first English translation of Xenophon's Oeconomicus; in fact, it was first translated into English in 1632 by Gentian Hervet and was reprinted several times in the 16th century. Goldsmiths 6511. GBP 165.00 [Appr.: EURO 183 US$ 274.07 \| JP¥ 24213] Book number: 4957 Click here to order or inquire at John Price Antiquarian Books.