Observations on the Utility, Form and Management of Water Meadows and the Draining and Irrigating of Peat Bogs, with an account of Prisley Bog and other extraordinary improvements conducted for His Grace The Duke of Bedford, Thomas William Coke, Esq. M.P. and others.

Smith, William.

Published by 1st. Ed. Pub. Norwich, Printed by R.M. Bacon. 1806

About this Item

pp. fold-out plate, [iv], xviii, [19]-121, [iii] with one further fold-out plate plus vignettes to text. 8vo. Hardback. Some off-setting to plates, occ. minor spotting, o/w. contents fine. Sympathetically bound in modern buckram preserving original spine label. William Smith (1769-1839) was known as the Father of English Geology and famous for producing the first geological map of Britain (1815). The charming plates illustrate the plans of watermeadows made out of a bog on Prisley Farm.

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• Title: Observations on the Utility, Form and Management of Water Meadows and the Draining and Irrigating of Peat Bogs, with an account of Prisley Bog and other extraordinary improvements conducted for His Grace The Duke of Bedford, Thomas William Coke, Esq. M.P. and others.
• Publisher: 1st. Ed. Pub. Norwich, Printed by R.M. Bacon. 1806
• Binding: Hardcover
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