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Plinius Secundus, Gaius. THE HISTORIE OF THE WORLD: COMMONLY CALLED, THE NATURAL HISTORIE OF C. PLINIUS SECUNDUS. TRANSLATED INTO ENGLISH BY PHILEMON HOLLAND. LONDON: ADAM ISLIP, 1635-1634, 2 VOLUMES IN ONE, FOLIO (325 X 209MM.), ADVERTISEMENT LEAF AT END OF VOL.2, NINETEENTH-CENTURY CALF, [CF. NORMAN 1719], VOL.1 MINOR REPAIR TO EDGE OF FIRST 2 LEAVES, VERY SLIGHT WORMING IN GATHERING 2N-2O AND SMALL PAPER FLAW IN 3D4, VOL.2 VERY SLIGHT WORMING AT BEGINNING, BINDING SOMEWHAT RUBBED, REBACKED RETAINING ORIGINAL SPINE Communications to the Board of Agriculture; on the subjects relative to the husbandry and internal improvement of the country. London: W. Bulmer and Co., 1797-1813, 7 volumes (volume I part 1 to volume VII part 2), 4to (273 x 210mm.), 127 engraved plates, maps and plans, 6 hand-coloured (including one map), some folding, 10 folding letterpress tables, near uniformly bound in contemporary tree calf gilt, flat spines gilt, black morocco labels, lacking plate 6 in volume 2, volume 3 lacking chapter XV (pp.293-308), volume 5 without chapter XVII (? not issued), some joints split, spine ends slightly worn, sold as a periodical not subject to return Tull, Jethro. The Horse-Hoing Husbandry. London: printed for the author, and sold by G. Strahan; T. Woodward; A. Miller; J. Stagg; and J. Brindley, 1733, first illustrated edition, folio (293 x 180mm.), 5 engraved folding plates (of 6), eighteenth-century half calf, red morocco lettering-piece, [Norman 2113; Perkins 1782; PMM 188], lacking plate 4, spotting, binding rebacked and worn at edges together 9 volumes