£600 - £1,000
Derbyshire. Farey (John, Senior, Mineral Surveyor of Upper Crown Street, Derbyshire), General View of the Agriculture and Minerals of Derbyshire; with Observations on the Means of their Improvement. Drawn up for the consideration of The Board of Agriculture and Internal Improvement, three volume set, first edition, 1811-17, illustrated with 12 plates as called for, all of volume I's maps and diagrams of strata being both hand-coloured and folding, plate III of volume III over three separate sheets, volume II with an additional folding table (p. 34) not cited in the binder's directions, contemporary calf boards, with previous insects losses, rebacked in 20th c calf gilt and black morocco lettering pieces, later endpapers, contemporary speckled edges, 8vo, (3)
Provenance: Sir Oswald Mosley, 2nd Baronet (1785-1871); his Rolleston House, Staffordshire, armorial bookplates to pastedown.
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