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AGRICULTURE AND FARMING -- A collection of 24 pamphlets in 5 bound vols., all 8°, uniform contemporary half calf, numbered 16, 21, 31, 36 and 47 on spines, including: SAUNDERS, Sir John. The Art of Improving the Breeds of Domestic Animals. London, 1809. -- Two Tracts ... concerning the Uses of Clay Marl as Manure ... the Uses of Agricultural Salts in the Manufacture of Manure. York, 1805. One engraved plate. -- FRASER, Robert. A Letter to the Rt. Hon, Charles Abbot containing an Inquiry into the most effectual Means of the Improvement of the Coasts and Western Isles of Scotland, and the Extension of the Fisheries. London, 1803. Half-title, folding engraved map. (Frontispiece and title spotted.) -- SINCLAIR, John. Address to the Society for the Improvement of British Wool. Edinburgh, 1791. Half-title, with the 2 blanks. McDonald p.218; cf. Goldsmiths' 14668 and Perkins 1586 (both list 2nd edition, published in the same year.) -- MALTHUS, Thomas Robert. Observations on the Effects of the Corn Laws. London, 1814. Half-title. Second edition, the first was published in the same year. Goldsmiths' 20941. -- WILSON, Robert. An Enquiry into the Causes of the High Prices of Corn and Labour. Edinburgh & London, 1815. Goldsmiths' 21251. -- Observations regarding the Salmon Fishery of Scotland. Edinburgh, 1824. (Title lightly soiled). Goldsmiths' 24087. -- MALTHUS, Thomas Robert. The Grounds of an Opinion on the Policy of Restricting the Importation of Foreign Corn. London, 1815. (Title lightly soiled, a few light spots.) Goldsmiths' 21177. -- BEATSON, William. An Essay on the comparative Advantages of Vertical and Horizontal Wind-Mills. London, 1793. 2 folding engraved plates. (Lightly browned). -- Report of the Committee of the Highland Society of Scotland, to whom the Subject of Shetland Wool was referred. Edinburgh, 1790. Half-title. Presentation copy from the Highland Society of Scotland. (A few unlisted pamphlets known to be imperfect). (5)
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