Lot 316 , AGRICULTURE: Pitt, William. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Stafford, folding engraved hand-coloured map of Staffordshire, 14 engraved plates including 3 folding, 1p. errata leaf to rear, contemporary ca

° AGRICULTURE: Pitt, William. General View of the Agriculture of the County of Stafford, folding engraved hand-coloured map of Staffordshire, 14 engraved plates including 3 folding, 1p. errata leaf to rear, contemporary calf, red morocco lettering piece, London, G. Nicol, 1796, 8vo. Sold with William Marshall’s ‘The Rural Economy of Gloucestershire’, 2 vols., 1789, and William Marshall’s ‘The Rural Economy of the Midland Counties’, 2 vols., 1796, and Thomas Potts’ ‘Gazetteer of England and Wales, 1 vol. in 2, 1810, and twelve more related volumes (19).
£150-250

Condition:
Pitt- initial blank loose, map browned along creases, endpapers browned else only occasional spotting, light rubbing, firm hinges, sm. split to lower joint; Marshall, Glouc- old bookplate remains to pastedowns, texts gen. clean, half-title to vol. 1, includes map, upper cover of vol. 2 weakening; Marshall, Midlands- second edition, half titles to both vols., 1 double-paged map, occasional ink annotation, spotting to preliminaries, moderate browning throughout, spines worn, especially to vol. 1.

Sold for £280