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A Treatise On Watering Meadows. Wherein Are Shewn Some Of The Many Advantages Arising From That Mode Of Practice, Particularly On Course, Boggy, Or Barren Lands. With Four Copper Plates ; [Bound with] Elements Of Agriculture And Vegetation. By George Fordyce, MD. Of the Royal College of Physicians; Physician to St. Thomas's Hospital; and Reader on the Practice of Physic, in London. The Second Edition. To Which Is Added, An Appendix For The Use Of Practical Farmers
by [Boswell, George] ; Fordyce, George
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London: Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Almon, in Piccadilly ; Printed For J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church-yard, 1779. 1st Edition ; 2nd Edition. 1/2 Calf. Good. 8º, 20cm; [ii], 108pp + errata; [i], 100pp. + appendix and plates.; 4 pls.; 3 pls.; gilt title to spine compartment in red leather label; all foldout plates accounted for and complete; marbled paper-covered boards toned and rubbed, hinges starting, but all cords holding.; contemporary title in ms. on fr. flyleaf;. The first book on water-meadows. (Fussell).
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- A Treatise On Watering Meadows. Wherein Are Shewn Some Of The Many Advantages Arising From That Mode Of Practice, Particularly On Course, Boggy, Or Barren Lands. With Four Copper Plates ; [Bound with] Elements Of Agriculture And Vegetation. By George Fordyce, MD. Of the Royal College of Physicians; Physician to St. Thomas's Hospital; and Reader on the Practice of Physic, in London. The Second Edition. To Which Is Added, An Appendix For The Use Of Practical Farmers
- Author
- [Boswell, George] ; Fordyce, George
- Format/Binding
- 1/2 Calf
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition ; 2nd Edition
- Publisher
- Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Almon, in Piccadilly ; Printed For J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church-yard
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1779
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