Bayldon's Art of Valuing Rents and Tillages, and the Tenant's Right on Entering and Quitting Farms

The enlarged and revised edition of Bayldon's insightful handbook for tenants and landowners, including new information regarding the Tithe Commission. The enlarged and revised fifth edition of Bayldon's Art of Valuing Rents and Tillages, and the Tenant's Right on Entering and Quitting Farms, re-written and edited by John Donaldson. Published in 1840, first published in 1823. In the publisher's original brown cloth, bound by Wesley and Clarke. Contains a hand-coloured frontispiece of a 242 acre farm plan by Sid. Hall. Contains publisher's original advertisement catalogue to the rear. An insightful handbook for both landowners and tenants on the leasing, renting and labour of land. Donaldson's revised edition, printed after Bayldon's death, adapts the original work with consideration of the advantages and disadvantages of customs related to different localities across the UK, and the the recent Tithe Comission of 1836. In the publisher's original brown cloth. Externally, slight dulling and the odd mark to boards, including ink blotches. Minor fading to spine and to joint. Bumping to the head and tail of the spine, and to the extremities. The odd graze to yellow end papers, with slight browning and contemporary ink inscriptions. Bookseller's stamp to front pastedown, binding stamp to rear pastedown. Internally, firmly bound. A crease to top extremity of leaf pp.121-22. Pages are mostly bright and clean, with very faint spots to the odd leaf, and the odd small ink stain to first leaves. Good.…