Hints on agricultural subjects, and on the best means of improving the condition of the labouring classes

CURWEN, J[ohn] C[hristian]

Verlag: Printed for J. Johnson, London, 1809

Beschreibung

xxiv, 385pp, [3]. With a half-title, an aquatint frontispiece, five engraved plates on four sheets, and four folding letterpress tables. Uncut in original publisher's grey boards, printed paper lettering-piece. Rubbed, joints starting, loss to lettering-piece. Armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Hesketh (1825-1872) and later shelf-label of Easton Neston Library (obscuring bookseller's ticket) to FEP. A revised edition, published under a variant title, of agriculturist and politician John Christian Curwen's (1756-1828) Hints on the economy of feeding stock and bettering the condition of the poor (1808). Curwen was a well-known agricultural reformer and founder of the Workington Agricultural Society which had a branch on the Isle of Man and had a major influence on the development of agriculture both in Cumberland and on the Island. Size: 8vo. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers AQ31038

Bibliografische Details

Titel: Hints on agricultural subjects, and on the ...

Verlag: Printed for J. Johnson, London

Erscheinungsdatum: 1809

Einband: Hardcover

Auflage: Second edtion.