30th Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
The Glaisdale Agricultural Library: The Private Collection of a Yorkshire Agriculturalist
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MASCALL (Leonard)
The Government of Cattell. Divided into three Books, sm. 4to, pp. [4], 308 [2], contemp. calf (rebacked), 17th & 18th c. pen trials, owner names, etc., to front, back, and margins, L., Printed by Thomas Harper, for Martha Harison, 1653; and a copy of the 1661 edition, with first title (dated 1633) and last leaves replaced in ink (2)
Sold for £700
Estimated at £300 - £400
1653 - pen trials (including names, dates, phrases, doodles etc.) to pastedown, title page, end pages and end pastedown, the occasional ink annotation to margins throughout; toned; fold marks and edge tears; pastedowns taped to text block; rebacked, otherwise bindings worn (see additional images)
1661 - title page and pp.305-307 are mansucript replacements of lost pages; occasional fold and tears; end papers replaced; rebacked, boards with chips, rubbed corners and areas of general weakness (see additional images)
Auction: The Glaisdale Agricultural Library: The Private Collection of a Yorkshire Agriculturalist, 30th Sep, 2022
Over the course of several decades, Yorkshire agriculturalist Martin Burtt assembled an extraordinary library of antiquarian agricultural books, which he carefully and sympathetically cared for and had repaired. The collection focuses on books from the 16th to 18th centuries, spanning the transition from an era when it was considered dubious to attempt to improve on God’s Creation to the advent of the Age of Reason with its huge rise in literacy, invention, experimentation, and applied rationality. The great agricultural writers all appear in the collection, which covers the obvious subjects connected with farming and husbandry, such as breeding of livestock, improvements in land use, crops, developments in technology and veterinary practices as well as other niche subjects from falconry, brewing, gardening, botany, beekeeping and dogs to rat catching and cheese making.
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