30th Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
The Glaisdale Agricultural Library: The Private Collection of a Yorkshire Agriculturalist
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[HARTLIB (Samuel)
An Essay for Advancement of Husbandry-Learning: or Propositions for Erecting a College, sm. 4to, 3 ff., pp. 17 (1), trimmed with loss, L., Hills, 1651; bound with: HARTLIB (S.) The Reformed Husband-man, 2 ff., pp. 14, 1 f. blank, L., Printed by J.C. 1651;
[HARTLIB (S.) A Discours of Husbandrie Used in Brabant and Flanders . . .The Second Edition, Corrected, 5 ff., pp. 27 (3), L., Printed by William Du-Gard, 1652
[PLAT (Sir Hugh)] A nevv and admirable Arte of setting of Corne: with all the necessarie Tooles, 16 ff. (misbound in wrong order), woodcut vignette to title, L., Peter Short, 1601;
HILL (or, HYLL, Thomas) [The profitable arte of gardening], title-page and following leaf with serious loss, mispaginated, register runs A-V4, i.e. ends at conclusion of “Seconde Booke,” woodcut illus. of knot gardens, etc., L., Robert Walde[e-grave], 1586;
HILL (or HYLL, Thomas) A profitable instruction of the perfite ordering of Bees, pp. [4], thereafter mispaginated, register runs [Aa4] Bb-Ll1 (lacks ll2 &3) Mm-Oo2, defects to last ff., L., Walde-graue, 1586;
COKE (Roger) England’s Improvements in Two Parts . . . How the Kingdom of England may be Improved . . . How the Navigation of England may be Increased, pp. [20], 68, [12, incl. separate title], 73-115 [1], register continuous, some early ink marginalia / commentary, owner name of John Holliss on final blank page, L., printed by J.C., 1675. I.e., a sammelband of 7 works, bound in period style reversed calf.
As a collection, with all faults.
Sold for £2,200
Estimated at £1,500 - £2,500
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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