18th May, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
Books, Maps & Manuscripts
2156
Bradley (R.)
A General Treatise of Agriculture, both Philosophical and Practical; Displaying the Arts of Husbandry and Gardening ..., W. Johnson, R. Baldwin, J. Fuller, et al, 1757, first edition. viii, 503, [17] pages, frontis and twenty plates (eight folding), calf binding with recent spine label (joints a little worn);
Boys (John), General View of the Agriculture of the County of Kent, with Observations on the Means of its Improvement ..., Richard Phillips, 1805, second edition, xxiv, 293 pages, folding hand-coloured map (laid down on backing paper, small tear at fold), two engraved plates, folding table, contempory calf (re-backed). (2)
Sold for £200
Estimated at £200 - £300
Auction: Books, Maps & Manuscripts, 18th May, 2022
Over 180 lots to include a broad selection, from early antiquarian books to modern first editions, alongside illustrations, private press, manuscripts, maps and atlases, early photographs, and historic documents. Amongst the highlights is a group of Victorian ephemera including a Paper Peepshow of the Thames Tunnel, and a very unusual leaf-cut picture of workers around a derelict tower and trees. Of North-East interest is a collection of approximately 240 19th and early 20th century photographs, and an outstanding archive of early drawings and plans relating to Radcliffe and Broomhill Collieries.
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