The Complete English Farmer, or, A Practical System of Husbandry [etc.]
by [Henry, David, 1710-1792] A Practical Farmer
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- Hardcover
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Doylestown, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London Printed for F. Newbery, 1771, hardcover. Founded upon natural, certain and obvious principles ... according to the usage of the old and new husbandry ... illustrated with plans of the necessary buildings belonging to a farm house [folding plate at page 40] ... also, accurate delineations of some newly-invented farming instruments [line drawings of plows etc. on plate at rear] ... by a Practical Farmer, and a friend of the late Mr. Jethro Tull [etc.]" -- Hardcover, 3/4 leather with printed boards, apparently lacking preliminary pages (title page is first). Page 63 misnumbered as "39." -- Condition: GOOD-ONLY worn copy (backing cracked, cover edges worn to boards). Pages and plates are clear, though there is often print shadow from the verso page; three pages have jagged tear into the text; last pages are loosened. -- Pagination: xxiv [4] 432 pages, [1] leaf plate. -- This book has been reprinted, but the original copy listed here is quite scarce.
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- Bucks County Bookshop IOBA (US)
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- Title
- The Complete English Farmer, or, A Practical System of Husbandry [etc.]
- Author
- [Henry, David, 1710-1792] A Practical Farmer
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used
- Publisher
- Printed for F. Newbery
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1771
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