London: Printed by W. Bulmer for Longman... et. al. 1813. First Edition.
4to, Engraved front. + 9 plates (1 folding), viii + 323 + lxiii pps. + 2 leaves (Index), some offset on title, contemporary full polished calf, unidentified earl’s crest in blind on both covers, front joint tender, a very good copy.
“This was the first serous attempt to apply chemistry to agriculture, and it remained a standard work until displaced by Justus von Liebig’s publications a generation later. The book is of interest because of its pioneering nature, and it went through a number of editions; but its value must be said to lie more in the impulse it gave toward the application of scientific methods in agriculture than in any of the theories advanced.” - DSB.

Parisiis [i.e. London] : 1664. Small 8vo, A-I4, K2 (B1-2 mis-signed A1-2), clean tear in E1 not affecting legibility, disbound.
An attack on Bates’ Elenchus motuum, which was a defence of Charles I in his confrontation with parliament. Roberta Anderson, in her entry for Pugh in the new Oxford DNB says of the present work “It was initially credited to Pugh, but it has since been accepted that although it was not his work he probably had a hand in its production”
Reference: Wing P4186A McAlpin Collection III, p 512.

London : Printed for P. and J. Knapton, in Ludgate-street. 1753. 8vo, [2], xix, [1], 80 pp, title page in red and black, disbound.

[London : Printed by Harrison and Sons for H.M.Fletcher, 1970]. Edition limited to 25 copies with an original copper
Folio, title-page with engraved vignette by Rex Whistler, 3 lls text (versos blank), 25 engraved plates by Rex Whistler, 12 of them coloured by hand (by Len Pooley), on handmade paper watermarked T.H Saunders, together with one of the original copper plates used for printing the Cresset Press edition, contained in the original portfolio of half green morocco, paper boards, as new.
The plate in this copy is for the map of “The Kingdom of Brobdingnag”.

The Cresset Press edition of Gulliver’s Travels illustrated by Rex Whistler was published in 1930 and limited to 195 copies on handmade paper and 10 copies on vellum.

London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson [1987]. Limited Signed Edition,
8vo, 128 pp, 5 full-page plates of engraved glass, publisher’s decorated cloth, original slip case, fine.
A limited signed edition of 500 copies, signed by the author (but not numbered)

London: Faber & Faber [1958]. First Edition 8vo, original cloth, dust wrapper, fine.

Paris, Chez les Freres Guerin, rue S. Jacques, a Saint Thomas d’Aquin. 1753. 12mo, eng. front., + xxiv + 276 pp. + 4 fold. plates, cont. calf. gilt spine., rubbed, joints sound.
Wheeler Gift has the 1st and 3rd editions (329 & 329a) BUT NOT THIS EDITION.

London: Printed for W. Frederick in Bath. And sold by J. Hinton... W. Johnston... T. Field... et al. 1764. First Edition
8vo, xviii, [4], 213, [1], 232 pp, 5 engraved plates and numerous woodcut in the text, rough vellum recently rebacked, paper label on spine, sound but not elegant.
A valuable work, much praised in its day by such eminent men as Dr. Johnson and Lord Chesterfield. The first essay gives extensive information and advice on the plants and husbandry of North America as well as Great Britain and Europe; the second is a comprehensive treatise on lucerne grass, widely regarded as an important cattle fodder.
Reference: Kress 6188 Sabin 30651 Fussell: More Old English Farming Books pp 45-6

London : Printed for C. Davis... 1751. First Edition
8vo, 2 ff, viii, 406 pp, title printed in red and black with eng. vignette by C. Grignion after N. Blakey, small wormhole in last 15 leaves, cont. calf, gilt 2-fillet borders, fully gilt spine, lacking label, sound
The first detailed reply to the theories advanced by Shaftesbury in his Characteristics and acknowledged among the finest pieces of literary criticism of the 18th. century.

London : Printed for James Knapton at the Crown in St. Paul’s Churchyard 1701. First Edition
8vo, 2ff, 288 (i.e. 284 with errors) pp, 1f (blank), [2], 125, [3] pp (ads), cont. blindstamped panelled calf, joints cracked cords sound, lacking label. Armorial bookplate of “John Bond. Grange” on front paste-down.
Davenant attacks both clergy and government in these forthright essays. Attempts were made to prosecute the author but he could not be identified.
Reference: Kress 2285 Goldsmiths’ 3835

[Colophon] Venice : In aedibus Aldi... December 1522. First Aldine Edition
8vo, [12], 283, [1] ff, italic letter, aldine anchor device on title page and verso of last leaf, old vellum boards, faint calligraphic title on spine, sound.
A valuable collection of commentaries which give important insights into the constitution of the senate, the popular assemblies, and the courts of justice.
Reference: Renouard p.96 n.8 Adams 2054

London : Printed for L. Davis and C. Reymers, in Holborn; and J. Payne in Pater-noster-Row. 1766. ? Second Edition
8vo, [8]. 68, [4] pp, paper fault in foremargin of B3 affecting a few letters, half-title a little soiled, advert leaf at end, disbound.
Another edition, with the imprint of J. Wilkie and dated 1760, was not issued till 1766 (from its Preface). It seems likely, however, that it preceeded this edition.
Reference: Jaggard p.332

London : Eyre and Spottiswoode (Publishers) Limited.... 1932. Limited Edition, no. 15 of 100 copies signed by the author
Large 4to, xi, 103 pp, 34 plates, publisher’s half vellum, red cloth bds, t.e.g, others uncut, a fine copy preserved in a custom made fleece-lined cloth slipcase.

Edinburgh : Printed for Bell & Bradfute, J Fairbairn; Mundell, Doig, & Stevenson... et al. 1806. 8vo, 3 vols, lxviii, 442, [1] + x, 518, [2] pp, + 50 folding plates (numbered 1-23, 1-13, 1-14), modern marbled boards with morocco spines, the plates quite heavily foxed, otherwise a sound copy.
The famous Ferguson Lectures, enlarged and “adapted to the present state of the arts and sciences” by David Brewster (1781-1868)

Zurich : Orell, Gessner, Fussli und Comp. 1787. First Edition
Cr. 8vo, 174 pp, some foxing throughout, cont. half calf, sprinkled paper bds, mor. label, sound.
The author’s first book which, despite the title, are prose sketches in the style of Gessner’s “Idylls”