Beschreibung:

Newton (Sir Isaac).- Robinson (Bryan) A Short Essay on Coin, 22p., first edition, with final blank but not 8pp. Appendix, [Goldsmiths' 7528], 1737 bound after Miller (Philip) The Gardeners Kalendar, second edition, contemporary ink signature to fore-margin of title (cropped), title and final leaf soiled, light water-staining, by M.Rhames for Richard Gunne [& others], 1735 and Laurence (Edward) The Duty and Office of a Land-Steward, third edition, by and for Samuel Fuller 1731 and [Ellis (William)] The London and Country Brewer, first Dublin edition (comprising Part I of the first English edition), small hole to title affecting a couple of letters, by M.Rhames for R.Gunne, 1735 and Royal Dublin Society. Instructions for Planting and Managing Hops, and for Raising Hop-Poles, first edition, a few woodcut illustrations, a little browned, by A.Rhames, 1733, together 5 works in 1 vol., the first mentioned bound last, all but the first with titles and final leaves soiled (especially the last), slightly cropped, manuscript list of contents and engraved bookplate of Theobald Woolfe of Blackhall, Co.Kildare on front pastedown, contemporary calf-backed boards, label "Tracts on Husbandry" on spine, trace of name stamp to upper cover, rubbed, joints split, spine ends worn, 8vo, Dublin ⁂ Interesting group of mostly agricultural pamphlets, the first including three letters on coinage by Newton as Master of the Mint (pp.3-14); ESTC lists 3 copies in England, 4 in Ireland and 7 in America.