Low (David). The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands..., and illustrated with plates, from drawings by Mr. W. Nicholson, R.S.A. reduced from a series of portraits from life, Executed for the Agricultural Museum of the University of Edinburgh, by Mr. W. Shiels, R.S.A. 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1842, additional half-title to each volume, preface, 56 (complete) lithographs with bright contemporary hand-colouring, some water-staining particularly affecting volume 1, marbled endpapers, bookplate of Ernest Richard Orlando Bridgemen, Rector of Blymhill to the front pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt half morocco, some water staining to the boards, folio (Quantity: 2) Nissen 2564. A scarce book on British domestic animals comprising 8 plates of horses, 22 on cattle, 21 on sheep, and 5 on pigs. David Low was Professor of Agriculture at Edinburgh University and he wrote the work as a reference for those interested in the infant science of selective breeding. His concern was that the relatively simple concepts of matching a breed to its environment whilst improving its productivity were not understood by the majority of farmers or breeders. With the help of a government grant from Earl Spencer, Low set up the agricultural museum in Edinburgh. The artist, William Shiels of the Royal Scottish Academy, was commissioned to produce a series of paintings of all the significant breeds then of economic significance in Great Britain.
Low (David). The Breeds of the Domestic Animals of the British Islands..., and illustrated with plates, from drawings by Mr. W. Nicholson, R.S.A. reduced from a series of portraits from life, Executed for the Agricultural Museum of the University of Edinburgh, by Mr. W. Shiels, R.S.A. 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: Longman, Orme, Brown, Green and Longmans, 1842, additional half-title to each volume, preface, 56 (complete) lithographs with bright contemporary hand-colouring, some water-staining particularly affecting volume 1, marbled endpapers, bookplate of Ernest Richard Orlando Bridgemen, Rector of Blymhill to the front pastedown, all edges gilt, contemporary gilt half morocco, some water staining to the boards, folio (Quantity: 2) Nissen 2564. A scarce book on British domestic animals comprising 8 plates of horses, 22 on cattle, 21 on sheep, and 5 on pigs. David Low was Professor of Agriculture at Edinburgh University and he wrote the work as a reference for those interested in the infant science of selective breeding. His concern was that the relatively simple concepts of matching a breed to its environment whilst improving its productivity were not understood by the majority of farmers or breeders. With the help of a government grant from Earl Spencer, Low set up the agricultural museum in Edinburgh. The artist, William Shiels of the Royal Scottish Academy, was commissioned to produce a series of paintings of all the significant breeds then of economic significance in Great Britain.
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