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Laurence (John) - A New System of Agriculture...,

Sold for £410 at Dreweatts 1759 on Jul 27, 2016.

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engraved frontispiece and 2 plates, illustrations, woodcut initials and head- and tail-pieces, bookplate of Frank Arkwright to front pastedown, bookplate covered with adhesive label, several ff. browned at edges and gutter, some spotting, lower flyleaf detached, hinges splitting, [Fussell pp.100-102; Henrey 945; Hunt 466; Perkins 950], for Tho. Woodward , 1726 § Rea (John) Flora: seu, De florum cultura , third impression, 8 engraved plates, woodcut intials, contents separating, loss to fore edges of several ff. (including title and plates), stained at edges, a little worming, for G[eorge] M[arriott] , 1702 § Green (Thomas) The Universal Herbal , 2 vol., stipple-engraved frontispiece and title, engraved plates, browned and stained throughout, hinges broken, Liverpool , n.d., first and last first editions , each contemporary calf, first two panelled, third marbled, each worn and stained, first joints split, others boards detached ; and 3 others, Gardening or Botany, folio & 4to (7)

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