Laurence (Edward) The Duty of a Steward to his Lord, first edition, for John Shuckburgh, 1727; and others on stewardship (4)

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Laurence (Edward) The Duty of a Steward to his Lord, engraved map and plate, both double-page, woodcut head- & tail-pieces, bookplates of the Earl Fitzwilliam, contemporary calf, rebacked, [Fussell I pp.103-4; Goldsmiths' 6510; Hanson 3677], for John Shuckburgh, 1727 § Mordant (John) The Complete Steward: or, The Duty of a Steward to his Lord...Also a New System of Agriculture and Husbandry, half-title to vol. 2, woodcut illustrations, folding table, bookplate of Sir Gervase Clifton, margins browned at beginning and end, table with a few closed tears to head, tissue repairs to verso, contemporary calf, small loss to spine labels, [Fussell II p.51; Goldsmiths' 9662; Kress 5956; Perkins 1225], for W. Sandby, 1761, first editions, occasional light spotting and finger-soiling, heavier to endpapers, rubbed; and another on stewardship, 8vo & 4to (4)