MERINO SHEEP. Mackenzie Sir George Steuart. A Treatise on ...

MERINO SHEEP. Mackenzie Sir George Steuart. A Treatise on the Diseases & Management of Sheep, With Introductory Remarks on Their Anatomical Structure ... Containing Documents Exhibiting the Value of the Merino Breed of Sheep, & Their Progress in Scotland. 5 eng. plates. 1st ed., Edinburgh (Inverness Printing), 1809; bound with C. P. Lasteyrie, trans. by Benjamin Thompson, An Account of the Introduction of Merino Sheep into the Different States of Europe & at the Cape of Good Hope, eng. plate of a sheep & earmarks, adverts at end, 1st ed., 1810. Nicely rebound in half dark calf, marbled brds. & edges, very clean internally, a good & scarce volume. The Merino sheep did not, despite Sir John Sinclair`s enthusiasm, thrive in Scotland. The persistent wet weather did not suit them.

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