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First edition, thick 4to (230 x 170 mm), [314], 151, [1]pp., contemporary interleaved throughout, 4 engraved plates to rear, offset and a little foxed, contemporary calf, rubbed, neatly rebacked, contrasting spine leather labels, gilt lettered. William Marshall (1745-1818) a native of Yorkshire, he was for some years in the West Indies, as a planter, returned about 1775, and took a farm in Surrey. These Minutes were the result of his resolve to be his own farm manger and learn from his mistakes, ìto learn to-morrowís management from to-dayís experience and next yearís process from this yearís miscarriages, so he had to keep a written account of his proceedings; and naturally enough when he had it he found that he wanted to publish it.îóFussell. Provenance: Early ownership signature in ink to head of title ìGeorge Birchî and ìJames A. Caird 1858î. Rothamsted, p.110; Perkins, 1140; Fussell II, p.114-116.