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London: for J. F. and C. Rivington, S. Crowder, et al., 1777. Third Edition, corrected and improved. . Hardcover. Good. First section unpaginated. "Kalendar" 111 p. + 4 p. index. 28 cm. 27 folding copperplates plus frontispiece. Full leather, rebacked with original spine overlaid. Corners repaired. Some stains and scratches to leather. Ink signature on front free endpaper. Crease in title. Worm holes in rear endpapers. Small hole in plate 3. Repaired tear at bottom of BUR page. A little offsetting from plates.

London: J. F. and C. Rivington, S. Crowder, et al, 1777. Third edition, corrected and improved. Leather bound. Very good. Unpaginated; 111, [4] p. 28 cm. Frontispiece plus 27 folding copperplates. Full leather. Spine has been rebacked. Gouge in front cover, corners worn. Owner's bookplate on front pastedown. A few small stains. Title continues: "Containing the various Methods of Cultivating and Improving every Species of Land, According to the Precepts of both the Old and New Husbandry. Comprising every Thing valuable in the best Writers on this Subject, viz. Linnaeus, Chateauvieux, the Marquis of Turbilly, Platt, Evelyn, Worlidge, Mortimer, Tull, Ellis, Miller, Hale, Lisle, Roque, Mills, Young, &c. Together with A Great Variety of New Discoveries and Improvements. Also The Whole Business of Breeding, Managing, and Fattening Cattle of all Kinds; and the most approved Methods of curing the various Diseases to which they are subject. Together with the Method of raising BEES, and of acquiring large… Read More

1793. Hardcover. Very Good. in x in x in. Folio, full calf, raised bands, gilt label. Engraved frontis. title page, text in two volumes together. 28 engraved plates. Binding very sound, professionally re-backed. Text block with a small circular stain about 6cm of upper section of the front hinge and reducing in intensity up to approx page 30.

London: Printed for R. Baldwin, Hawes, Clarke and Collins, S. Crowder, T. Longman, B. Law, T. Lowndes, and Robinson and Roberts, 1769. 4to. (10 3/4 x 8 inches). Second edition, Corrected and Improved. [A]4 B-4R4 4S2 *A-*O4 *P2. [688] [1]-111 [5]. 804 pp. 28 engraved plates, 27 of which are folding. Engraved allegorical frontispiece, title, advertisement, the Complete Farmer, the Gardeners Kalendar, introduction, calendar, index. Printed in double columns. Woodcut calculations and minor ornaments. Contemporary full tan calf, gilt-patterning along board edges, five raised bands forming six compartments on spine with gilt-lettered red morocco titling-piece in second, all edges sprinkled red One of the foremost publications on rural and agrarian matters in the late 18th century, with twenty-seven folding plates and a gardner's supplement. A lovely example of an extensive and influential dictionary of information on agriculture and husbandry from A to Z, written by a member of the Royal Society of Arts… Read More