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.

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 contemporary 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 AND ALL PARCELS SENT FULLY TRACKED AND FULLY INSURED.…