£120
Arthur Young's Copy of a French Treatise on English Sheep-Farming. [De Mante], Traité des prairies artificielles, des enclos, et de l'éducation des moutons de race angloise, sole edition, Paris: Chez Hochereau, 1778, pp: xvi, [2], 197, [2], 5 full-page engraved plates, contemporary papered boards, rebacked to style in gilt calf, 4to.
Provenance: 1) Arthur Young, F.R.S. (1741-1820), agriculturist, agronomist, and statistician; his armorial bookplate to recto pastedown.
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