WHYTE'S THE ECLECTIC COLLECTOR Saturday 6 May 2017 at 10am

The Time Traveller Collection

696

Craig, Maurice. Irish Bookbindings 1600-1800

Cassell & Co Ltd, London, 1954, Folio. Colour

Frontispiece, 47 pages of Text and 58 full-page-

plates with examples of rare bindings, blue cloth gilt

title. Former copy of Leeds College of Commerce

with a very subtle library stamp verso the titlepage

only.

Estimate €120-€180 (approx £102-£153)

698

Dickson, R. W. The Farmer’s Companion; being a

complete System of Modern Husbandry:

Including the Latest Improvements and Discoveries,

in Theory and Practice. London, Printed for

Sherwood, Neely and Jones, 1813, second edition,

two volumes (complete set) large 8vo. Both volumes

together contain 948 pages, 102 copper engraved

plates, interleaved illustrations throughout the

volumes (many fold-out plates) including a General

Index. Volume I 8vo, brown full leather with spine

label, volume II large 8vo, green half morocco with

gilt lettering on spine, marbled boards and leather

corners. An extremely rare publication in very good

condition. (2)

Estimate €600-€800 (approx £510-£680)

699

1812 [Distilling in Ireland] - House of Commons.

A Bill to provide for the Regulating and Securing

the Collection of the Duties on Spirits distilled in

Ireland from Corn, malted or unmalted, in Stills of

and under One hundred Gallons Content. Original

Bill. London, House of Commons, 1812. Folio. 22 (2)

pages. Original Softcover.

Estimate €80-€120 (approx £68-£102)