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[HORTICULTURE]. Cullyer, John.

The Gentleman & Farmer's Assistant . . .

Norwich: Printed by and for Stevenson and Matchett, et al., (1800). Third edition, revised, preceded by editions in 1795 and 1798. ESTC T185020 records six copies, none in North America. A manual for measuring and surveying land, particularly farm land, with a supplement containing a table for measuring thatcher's work.....

Price: $175.00

[HORTICULTURE]. Maxwell, Robert, Editor.

Select Transactions of the Honourable the Society of Improvers in the Knowledge of Agriculture in Scotland.

Edinburgh: Printed by Sands, Brymer, Murray and Cochran. Sold by Paton, Symmer & Gordon, et al., 1743. First edition. Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature 7964; ESTC T137121; and see Fussell, More Old English Farming Books, pages 20-21. A seminal work on Scottish agriculture by Robert Maxwell (1695-1765), a farmer near.....

Price: $750.00

[HORTICULTURE]. Nicol, Walter.

The Gardener's Kalendar; or Monthly Directory of Operations in Every Branch of Horticulture.

Edinburgh: Printed for A. Constable and for Constable, Hunter, Park, and Hunter, London, 1810. First edition. An exhaustive - 646 pages - guide to gardening, including vegetable and fruit gardens, gardens for pleasure, green houses, and the keeping of exotic plants, etc. Walter Nicol (1769-1811) was a designer of gardens.....

Price: $200.00

[HORTICULTURE]. Rutter, John and Daniel Carter.

Modern Eden: or, the Gardener's Universal Guide: Containing Plain and Familiar Instructions, for Performing every Branch of Gardening . . .

London: Printed by J. Cooke, 1767. First edition. ESTC N6101, records six copies: BL, Cambridge (2), Reading University, HEH, and Washington State; there was a second printing in 1769, of which ESTC T173535 records ten copies. A substantial work over 125 short chapters on vegetable, herb, and fruit gardens, and.....

Price: $750.00

[HORTICULTURE]. Young, Arthur.

A Six Weeks Tour Through the South Counties of England and Wales. Describing, Particularly . . . The Present State of Agriculture and Manufactures . . . The Prices of Labour and Provisions . . . The State of the Working Poor in Those Counties, wherein the Riots were Most Remarkable.

London: Printed for W. Strahan, W. Nicoll, B. Collins and J. Balfour, 1769. Second edition, revised and expanded, with a new preface; the first edition was published in 1768. NCBEL II, 1894; Cf. Goldsmiths' Library of Economic Literature 10407; Printing and the Mind of Man 214; and G. E. Fussell.....

Price: $400.00

MOORE, JONAS.

England's Interest: or, The Gentleman and Farmer's Friend. Shewing . . . How Land May be Improved . . . How to Make Cyder . . . Goose-berry, Mul-berry, and Birch wines, as Strong and Wholesome as French and Spanish Wines . . .

London: Printed for A. Bettesworth, 1721. Fifth and final edition. Kress 3407; ESTC T132244; and see Fussell, The Old English Farming Books, pages 70-71. ¶ A posthumous work by Sir Jonas Moore (1617-1679), first published in 1697 (with subsequent editions in 1703, 1705 and 1707), a all-purpose guide to numerous.....

Price: $875.00