The Rothamsted Collection, Day 2 2018-07-11 Auction - 557 Price Results - Forum Auctions in UK
Political Economy.- Mirabeau (Victor Riqueti de) andCoke (Sir Edward) The Compleate Copy-Holder, firstVegetables.- Sharrock (Robert) The History of the
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The Rothamsted Collection, Day 2

The Lawes Agricultural Library has the enviable reputation as one of the finest collections of rare books on its subject in the world. G.E. Fussell?s standard agricultural reference work Old English Farming Books 1523-1793, cites both editions of the Rothamsted Library catalogue (1926 and 1940) and frequently refers to specific titles in the collection. Assembled largely over a period of two decades almost a century ago under the stewardship of Rothamsted director Sir John Russell, the 3000-plus printed books in the library cover the period from 1471-1840, encompassing the full range of subjects relating to farming, and in a wide variety of languages. Some of the books are unique; many are known in only a handful or fewer copies; many more are seldom available on the open market and appear infrequently at auction. The collection is also enriched by a small number of important medieval manuscripts. The Rothamsted name is and will remain an important feature in describing these books? histories, but many of these rarities also have highly significant pre-Rothamsted provenance to distinguish them further.
Auction Curators:
Rupert Powell
International Head of Books and Works on Paper
Max Hasler
Modern First Editions and 20th Century Literature
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Coke (Sir Edward) The Compleate Copy-Holder, first: Coke (Sir Edward) The Compleate Copy-Holder, Wherein is Contained a Learned Discourse of the Antiquity and Nature of Manors and Copy-Holds. With All Things Thereto Incident, As Surrenders,
0260: Coke (Sir Edward) The Compleate Copy-Holder, firstEst. £300-£400
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Fens Drainage.- Vermuyden (Sir Cornelius) A Discourse: Fens Drainage.- Vermuyden (Sir Cornelius) A Discourse touching the Drayning the Great Fennes...lying Within the severall Counties of Lincolne, Northampton, Huntingdon, Norfolke, Suffolke, Cambridge,
0261: Fens Drainage.- Vermuyden (Sir Cornelius) A DiscourseEst. £1,500-£2,000
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Herbal.- Theophrastus. De Historia plantarum libri: Herbal.- Theophrastus. De Historia plantarum libri decem, first edition edited by Joannes Bodaeus à Stapel, double column. text in Latin and Greek, fine engraved pictorial title, numerous
0262: Herbal.- Theophrastus. De Historia plantarum libriEst. £1,500-£2,000
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Herbal.- Dodoens (Rembert) Cruydt-Boeck, Antwerp,: Herbal.- Dodoens (Rembert) Cruydt-Boeck, half-title, engraved title incorporating portraits of Dodoens and Clusius, over 1400 woodcut illustrations, final leaf present (blank except for printer's
0263: Herbal.- Dodoens (Rembert) Cruydt-Boeck, Antwerp,Est. £1,500-£2,000
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Tanara (Vincenzo) L'Economia del Cittadino in: Tanara (Vincenzo) L'Economia del Cittadino in Villa...libri VII, first edition, engraved title vignette, woodcut initials, colophon leaf with woodcut printer's device at end, a little soiled and
0265: Tanara (Vincenzo) L'Economia del Cittadino inEst. £600-£800
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Husbandry.- Weston (Sir Richard) Sr Rich: Westons: Husbandry.- Weston (Sir Richard, canal builder and agriculturist, 1591-1652) Sr Rich: Westons improvement of Husbandrie... coppied out by mee Archdale Palmer, manuscript, title and 35pp., inscribed
0267: Husbandry.- Weston (Sir Richard) Sr Rich: WestonsEst. £1,000-£1,500
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Gardens.- Rhagor (Daniel) Pflantz-Gart darinn: Gardens.- Rhagor (Daniel) Pflantz-Gart darinn grundtlicher Bericht zu finden welcher gestalten 1. Obs-Gärten 2. Kraut-Gärten 3. Wein-Gärten, second edition, Gothic letter, title with
0270: Gardens.- Rhagor (Daniel) Pflantz-Gart darinnEst. £300-£400
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Law.- Coke (Sir Edward) The Compleat Copy-holder,: Law.- Coke (Sir Edward) The Compleat Copy-holder, wherein is Contained a Learned Discourse of the Antiquity and Nature of Mannors and Copy-holds, 3 parts in 1 vol., ink ownership inscription 'Wm.
0273: Law.- Coke (Sir Edward) The Compleat Copy-holder,Est. £400-£600
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Hartlib (Samuel) Samuel Hartlib His Legacie: or an: Hartlib (Samuel) Samuel Hartlib His Legacie: or an Enlargement of the Discourse of Husbandry, used in Brabant and Flaunders; wherein are bequeathed to the Common-wealth of England more Outlandish and
0275: Hartlib (Samuel) Samuel Hartlib His Legacie: or anEst. £400-£600
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Education.- Benese (Richard) The Hidden Treasure: Education.- Benese (Richard) The Hidden Treasure Discovered by the Surveyor Schoolmaster... with the true measuring of woodland, hills, mountains or whatever and the best and readiest way for
0276: Education.- Benese (Richard) The Hidden TreasureEst. £1,500-£2,000
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Hartlib (Samuel) A Designe for Plentie, By an: [Hartlib (Samuel)] A Designe for Plentie, By an Universall Planting of Fruit-Trees, first edition, woodcut device on title, woodcut decorations, later green half calf by Sizer, [Wing H984;
0278: Hartlib (Samuel) A Designe for Plentie, By anEst. £1,000-£1,500
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Ireland.- Boate (Gerard) Irelands Naturall History.: Ireland.- Boate (Gerard) Irelands Naturall History. Being a true and ample description of its situation, greatness, shape, and nature... what diseases it is free from, or subject unto. Conducing the
0280: Ireland.- Boate (Gerard) Irelands Naturall History.Est. £1,000-£1,500
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Blith (Walter) The English Improver Improved or the: Blith (Walter) The English Improver Improved or the Survey of Husbandry Surveyed, Discovering the Improveableness of all Lands, title over 2 ff., the first engraved pictorial, 2 engraved plates (1
0282: Blith (Walter) The English Improver Improved or theEst. £300-£400