Apr 17, 2019 10:00 EST
Rare Books, Autographs & Maps
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BRADLEY, RICHARD
A survey of the ancient husbandry and gardening, collected from Cato, Varro, Columella, Virgil, and others the most eminent writers among the Greeks and Romans... London: B. Motte, 1725. Period brown calf, all edges speckled red. 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (19 x 11.5 cm); [16], 373, [11] pp., two folding plates. Joints rubbed, covers somewhat worn, internally fresh; Together with TUSSER, THOMAS. Five hundred points of husbandry: directing what corn, grass, &c. is proper to be sown; what trees to be planted; how land is to be improved: with whatever is fit to be done for the benefit of the farmer in every month of the year... London: M. Cooper for John Duncan, 1744. Quarter calf, marbled sides. 8 x 5 inches (20.5 x 12.5 cm); erratically paginated [2], 152, 145-150 pp. Front board detached, first text leaf with marginal tear, a fair copy only.
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BRADLEY, RICHARD
A survey of the ancient husbandry and gardening, collected from Cato, Varro, Columella, Virgil, and others the most eminent writers among the Greeks and Romans... London: B. Motte, 1725. Period brown calf, all edges speckled red. 7 1/2 x 4 1/2 inches (19 x 11.5 cm); [16], 373, [11] pp., two folding plates. Joints rubbed, covers somewhat worn, internally fresh; Together with TUSSER, THOMAS. Five hundred points of husbandry: directing what corn, grass, &c. is proper to be sown; what trees to be planted; how land is to be improved: with whatever is fit to be done for the benefit of the farmer in every month of the year... London: M. Cooper for John Duncan, 1744. Quarter calf, marbled sides. 8 x 5 inches (20.5 x 12.5 cm); erratically paginated [2], 152, 145-150 pp. Front board detached, first text leaf with marginal tear, a fair copy only.
Auction: Rare Books, Autographs & Maps, Apr 17, 2019
