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A Compleat Body of Husbandry
by Thomas Hale
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- Hardcover
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- Good/No Jacket
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About This Item
London: T. Osborne, J. Shipton, 1756. 1st Edition . Hardcover. Good/No Jacket. Folio - over 12 - 15" tall. The first edition of this compendious study of all aspects of farming in the eighteenth century. Collated complete as: Frontis, title, iii-iv Preface, (v-xii) Contents, i-ii To the Reader, 3-719, Folding plate attached to page 662 A Ventilating Granary, Page 720 Publisher's ad, (i-ii) A Proposal for the Improvement of Hedge Fences with plate in text, (i-ii) Letter to Mr. Osborne re Stacking Hay & flood prevention, 11 other copper plate engravings. A good copy in full leather boards with weak, but holding, hinges. FFEP loose. Ex libris plate on front pastedown for William Wilshere. Title label to spine. Wormed to bottom 1cm of base of text block without loss.
The first edition of this compendious study of all aspects of farming in the eighteenth century.
The first edition of this compendious study of all aspects of farming in the eighteenth century.
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- Chris Phillips
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 001665
- Title
- A Compleat Body of Husbandry
- Author
- Thomas Hale
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Jacket Condition
- No Jacket
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- T. Osborne, J. Shipton
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1756
- Pages
- 720
- Size
- Folio - over 12 - 15" tall
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- farming husbandry agriculture General, Agribusiness, Personal & Practical Guides
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