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Sylvan (Agricola) Editor.

The Farmerís Magazine, and Useful Family Companion. Consisting of Practical Essays, Dissertations, and Remarks, on the Different Branches of Husbandry, Including a great Variety of Modern Improvements; A Miscellaneous Collection of Valuable Family Receipts, Recommended from Experience; Useful Hints and curious Observations from the Philosophical Transactions.

London: Printed for C. Dilly and R. Cruttwell, 1776-80.,

937,50 €

Forest Books William Laywood

(Grantham, Reino Unido)

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Autor
Sylvan (Agricola) Editor.
Editores
London: Printed for C. Dilly and R. Cruttwell, 1776-80.
Materia
AGRICULTURE ECONOMICS FARMING HUSBANDRY

Descripción

First edition, 5 vols., 8vo (210 x 125 mm), 48, [3], 44-396, [4]; 200, [199]-294, 303-310, 303-435, [3]; 216, [209]-397, [3]; 382, [2]; [2], 360, [4]pp., 24 engraved plates of which 3 are folding, woodcut headpieces, a couple of margins closely shaved, cont. calf, neatly rebacked, leather labels lettered in gilt. A re-issue of the collected monthly numbers, with replacement volume title pages of this rare agricultural magazine which was originally issued monthly between April 1776 and December 1780. Contains articles on farming and rural life, including information on world wide agricultural practices, country by country, with specific advice on crops, new machinery, and costs and profits. Includes poetry selections, reviews of new books, occasional correspondence. Fussell notes that McDonald in his Agricultural Writers claims Agricola Sylvan as the pseudonym used by Henry Home, Lord Kames. Not in Rothamsted, p.119; Not in Perkins, 599; Fussell II, p.84-85.
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