AN HISTORICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE ACCOUNT OF THE PERUVIAN SHEEP CALLED CARNEROS de la TIERRA; and of the experiments made by the Spaniards to improve the respective breeds.

London, printed for John Harding, 1811.. TITLE CONTINUED: To which is added, An Account of a successful Attempt to domesticate the Vicuna in England, and a Recommendation of this Species to cross with our native Flocks. FIRST EDITION 1811. 8vo, approximately 215 x 135 mm, 8¼ x 5¼ inches, 5 HAND COLOURED PLATES, including frontispiece, pages: vi, [7]-184, last page blank, bound in contemporary full tan calf, gilt lettered maroon label, extra gilt spine, double gilt rule to borders of covers, narrow gilt dentelles and gilt decoration to edges of covers, marbled endpapers and edges. Binding slightly rubbed with a few small marks and light scratches, plates have pale offset from text, some light patchy browning to plates and text, mostly to the first part of the book, occasional spot, endpapers age-browned, shelf label of Kimbolton Castle library, otherwise a very attractive copy. See: Joseph Sabin, A Dictionary of Books relating to America, 101223; Mary Aslin Catalogue of Printed Books on Agriculture, page 291. Kimbolton Castle in Kimbolton, Cambridgeshire, is best known as the final home of King Henry VIII's first queen, Catherine of Aragon. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.