Scotland. Selkirk (The Earl of), Observations on the Present...

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£170

Scotland. Selkirk (The Earl of), Observations on the Present State of the Highlands of Scotland, with a View of the Causes and Probable Consequences of Emigration, first edition, London: Longman, et al., 1805, bound without half-title, pp: vii, 223, lvi, contemporary quarter-calf over marbled boards, speckled edges, 8vo, [Henderson (John)], An Account of the Improvements Carried on by Sir John Sinclair, Bart. Founder, First President, of the Board of Agriculture, on his Estates in Scotland. Extracted from the Agricultural Report of the County of Caithness, sole edition thus, London: Prince by B. McMillan, 1812, fold-out hand-coloured map frontispiece ('Map of the Soil of Caithness'; one line tear) and engraved plate Sir John Sinclair of Ulbster's 'Pyramid of Statistical Enquiry', pp: [i], 43, 10 folding engraved plates, 1 of which with upper-fold detached but present, some others with discreet repairs, 20th century terracotta buckram institutional binding, 8vo, (2).

Provenance: 1st: A. Lamont of Knockdow, Argyll, Scotland; early-mid 19th century armorial bookplate to recto pastedown, Knockdow House numbered shelf label: B/3, to ffep. 2nd: Rothamsted Laboratory, Lawes Trust; their binding.