Donaldson (James) Husbandry anatomized, or, an enquiry into the present manner of teiling and manuring the ground in Scotland for most part, second edition, both versions of the first page of the dedication present, woodcut typographic head-pieces, S1 piece from lower blank corner, occasional spotting or light staining, mostly lightly browned, antique style speckled calf, spine in compartments and with red morocco label, spine faded, [Fussell I, p.84; Perkins 497; Goldsmiths' 3384; Wing D1853; ESTC R10333], 12mo, Edinburgh, Printed by John Reid, 1697.
⁂ Second edition of the first printed work on agriculture in Scotland (ESTC records a 1696 edition at the Signet Library only (now dispersed)). 'A rare little book ... A high estimation has always been placed upon this work, as a valuable production of that early time, and it is considered fully equal to anything of that kind that had appeared to date. Copies are exceedingly scarce.' (McDonald, Agricultural Writers, p.142).
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