Essay upon the Question What Proportion of the Produce of Arable Land ought to be paid as Rent to the Landlord?

WEDDERBURN, Alexander.

Published by Edinburgh: Printed by Balfour and Smellie, 1776

About this Item

First edition of Wedderburn's treatise, submitted in response to a question posited by the Edinburgh Society in 1753. Uncommon, with ESTC listing copies in 14 institutions. Provenance: The Lawes Agricultural Library, with their shelf marks to front pastedown and title page, though without direct attribution. The library was assembled in the early 20th century by Sir John Russell, director of the Rothamsted agricultural research institution in Hertfordshire, and ranked as one of the finest English collections of agricultural material. ESTC T110943; Goldsmiths' 11413; Kress 7274. Quarto (245 x 189 mm). Twentieth-century green cloth by W. H. Smith and Son, spine lettered in gilt. Lightly browned and creased with a bit of light foxing, else a very good copy.

Seller Inventory # 129258

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Essay upon the Question What Proportion of the Produce of Arable Land ought to be paid as Rent to the Landlord?
• Publisher: Edinburgh: Printed by Balfour and Smellie, 1776
• Edition: 1st Edition