30th Sep, 2022 10:30 GMT/BST
The Glaisdale Agricultural Library: The Private Collection of a Yorkshire Agriculturalist
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HARTLIB (Samuel)
Samuel Hartlib His Legacie of Husbandry. Wherein are bequeathed to the Common-wealth of England, not onely Braband, and Flanders, but also many more Outlandish and Domestick Experiments and Secrets . . . Third Edition, sm. 4to, pp. [16], 303 (1), period-style later calf, L., 1655
Wing H991.
Sold for £500
Estimated at £200 - £400
pp. [16], 303 (1); rebound in calf, endpapers replaced, edge folds, occasional stains, light pencil annotations; our shipping policy is available online here: https://www.tennants.co.uk/buy-sell/buying-at-tennants/, we offer shipping within the UK for parcels up to a maximum size of 60cm by 60cm, weight of 20kg, and up to a value of £5000
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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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