The Plantation Scheme, or, the West of Ireland. As a Field for Investment. Edinburgh and London by William Blackwood and Sons, 1850. First Edition. Pp vii, 191, [8]. Green boards blind embossed, title in gilt to spine.

Contains a Map of Ireland showing James Caird’s route and a plan of farm buildings.

James Caird’s (a Scottish agriculturist and agricultural writer) 1850 work advocating for agricultural investment in the west of Ireland. The work is an economic and agricultural survey. It explores the potential for “plantation” (meaning organised agricultural settlement and investment) in the western counties of Ireland, based on Caird’s observations of the land and its economy.