Collection of historic agricultural books. Featuring in our Spring Fine Art Sale on the 26th and 27th April, the Robert Boutflour Collection comprises some of the earliest printed texts on the subject of agriculture.
10/03/2022
Robert ‘Bobby’ Boutflour was a notable figure in agricultural circles. From 1931 to 1958 he was Principle of the Royal Agricultural University at Cirencester and was responsible for a radical remodeling of the University, expanding the student numbers from 50 to 800 during his tenure.
He published significant works, particularly relating to dairy farming, and played an important role in the growth of international farming yields in the austere post-war period.
The present collection of books, which is by direct family descent from Robert Boutflour’s personal collection, comprises more than a dozen rare and important works, including a 1731 first edition copy of Jethro Tull’s ‘Horse-hoing husbandry’ estimated at £3000-5000 and Reynolde Scot’s ‘Perfite Platforme of a Hoppe Garden’ published in 1578, estimated at £3000-5000.
The collection is completed by the earliest of all written treatises on agriculture: Petrus de Crescentiis - ‘Ruralia Commoda’, published in Augsburg in 1471, it is the first edition of the first printed book on agriculture. Estimated at £60000-80000.
We are delighted to hold our summer Classic Car & Automobilia Sale on Saturday 20th June. Here are some of the other entries and we are accepting further entries until late May. For further details, please contact James Grinter or Lewis Rabett on 01206 754754.
A spectacular time capsule of an infamous moment in Suffolk’s history is on offer in our forthcoming Fine Art sale on the 8/9 April and it promises to reinvigorate a murder mystery which has beguiled the public for almost 200 years.
01/04/2026
Hop along to Reeman Dansie to view lot 109, a charming Meissen Rabbit (or hare, the jury is still out..) coming up for sale in our East Anglian, Antiques & Fine Art Sale 8th-9th April 2026, estimate £2000-3000.
30/03/2026