A New System of Agriculture; or A Plain and Easy and Demonstrative Method of Speedily Growing Rich: Proving, by undeniable Arguments, that Every Land-Owner, in England, may advance his Estate to a Double Value, in the Space of One Year's Time
by A Country Gentleman
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- Hardcover
- Condition
- Very Good Condition
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Roslindale, Massachusetts, United States
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About This Item
Dublin: George Faulkner and Peter Wilson, 1755. Early Edition. Hardcover (rebound in cloth). Very Good Condition. Rebound in red buckram, scattered foxing and age toning, signature and date to title page. Lacking blanks; added new endpapers. Scarce. Published the same year in London, the priority is unclear. 111pp
Together with Several Very Curious Instructions, how to Feed Oxen, Cows, and Sheep, to much greater profit than has ever yet been known in England. "An appeal to gentlemen to farm their estates as a reputable and profitable occupation, and not to leave the business to the meanest of the people."--Fussell, More Old English Farming Books 28-29. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 039928.
Together with Several Very Curious Instructions, how to Feed Oxen, Cows, and Sheep, to much greater profit than has ever yet been known in England. "An appeal to gentlemen to farm their estates as a reputable and profitable occupation, and not to leave the business to the meanest of the people."--Fussell, More Old English Farming Books 28-29. Size: Octavo (8vo). Text is clean and unmarked. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Farming & Rural Life; Antiquarian & Rare. Inventory No: 039928.
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- Bookseller
- Pazzo Books (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 039928
- Title
- A New System of Agriculture; or A Plain and Easy and Demonstrative Method of Speedily Growing Rich: Proving, by undeniable Arguments, that Every Land-Owner, in England, may advance his Estate to a Double Value, in the Space of One Year's Time
- Author
- A Country Gentleman
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover (rebound in cloth)
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good Condition
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Early Edition
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- George Faulkner and Peter Wilson
- Place of Publication
- Dublin
- Date Published
- 1755
- Keywords
- Farming & Rural Life; Antiquarian & Rare. NOISBN
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Pazzo Books
Biblio member since 2003
Roslindale, Massachusetts
About Pazzo Books
For years an open shop in the Boston neighborhoods of Roslindale and West Roxbury, now by appointment only and back in Roslindale. We carry a range of rare and out of print books with strengths in literature, cookery and early printing. We are members of the ABAA and ILAB.
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