A COLLECTION OF LETTERS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF HUSBANDRY AND TRADE. Includes essays on farming, bread, cider, money and trade, commodity prices, notices of books relating to agriculture.

HOUGHTON, John, Fellow of the Royal Society.

Editore: London printed for JOHN LAWRENCE at the Angel in Cornhill near the Royal Exchange, 1681

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VOLUME 1 ONLY, The first trade & agriculture periodical in England 1681, complete with all 15 parts, VOLUME 2 which is missing had six parts, no more published. Although the title page is dated 1681 each issue has a separate imprint, the last number 15 is dated 1683. Small 4to, approximately 190 x 140 mm, 7½ x 5½ inches, pages: title page, 1-184, bound in old sheep, rebacked with paler leather, 2 black leather gilt lettered labels and gilt pattern dots to spine, 2 bookplates of previous owners. Binding rubbed and lightly scuffed, corners slightly worn, 1 with small repair, occasional pale age-browning, strip of browning to edges of pastedowns and endpapers, "Winchilsea" in old ink to top of first page, free endpapers slightly chipped at edges otherwise a very good copy. Part 12 has a chapter by JOHN EVELYN, pages 127-136: An Account of bread from the Learned John Evelyn Esquire; Entituled, Panificium, or the several manners of making Bread in France. Where, by universal consent, the best Bread in the World is eaten: Benit O Brioche, Household-Bread, Mountrau, D'Esprit, D'Citroville, D'Cousin. Pages 35- 38 mention the Plantations in America. Part 14, pages 163-167, "An Experiment of the Ingenious Mr. John Worlidge for improving and Fyning of Syder (fining of cider); No.15 consists of lists of imports, exports and ship movements in and out of London from Feb. 1683-March 1684; Other chapters, History of Malting and the Method of making Malt; Improving Land by Marle; Some Account of the Plague 1665; The Manner and Advantage of Planting Liquorice; A Catalogue of the Books in the Library of the Royal Society relating to Agriculture; articles on trade, agriculture, the poor, Ireland and all kinds of grain etc. See: Geoffrey Keynes, John Evelyn, A Bibliography of his Writings, pages 261-62, No. 127; Mary Aslin, Catalogue of the Printed Books on Agriculture 1471-1840, page 64; Forum Auctions lot 373, 11th July 2018; Fussell, 1523-1730, pages 81-82; Donald McDonald, Agricultural Writers, 1200-1800, pages 122-124; Catalogue of the Goldsmiths Library of Economic Literature, Volume 1, page 140; The Kress Library of Business and Economics, page 86, No. 1538; ESTC P2335. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. POSTAGE AT COST.

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• Titolo: A COLLECTION OF LETTERS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF HUSBANDRY AND TRADE. Includes essays on farming, bread, cider, money and trade, commodity prices, notices of books relating to agriculture.
• Editore: London printed for JOHN LAWRENCE at the Angel in Cornhill near the Royal Exchange
• Data di pubblicazione: 1681
• Rilegatura: Rilegato