A practical farmer david henry (2 risultati)

"Founded upon natural, certain and obvious principles . according to the usage of the old and new husbandry . illustrated with plans of the necessary buildings belonging to a farm house [folding plate at page 40] . also, accurate delineations of some newly-invented farming instruments [line drawings of plows etc. on plate at rear] . by a Practical Farmer, and a friend of the late Mr. Jethro Tull [etc.]" -- Hardcover, 3/4 leather with printed boards, apparently lacking preliminary pages (title page is first). Page 63 misnumbered as "39." -- Condition: GOOD-ONLY worn copy (backing cracked, cover edges worn to boards). Pages and plates are clear, though there is often print shadow from the verso page; three pages have jagged tear into the text; last pages are loosened. -- Pagination: xxiv [4] 432 pages, [1] leaf plate. -- This book has been reprinted, but the original copy listed here is quite scarce.…

Hardcover. Condizione: Very Good. 1st Edition. xxiv, [4], 432pp. One folding plate of a farmyard plan and one plate of Instruments of Husbandry, contemporary calf rebacked, nice clean copy.