Rural Improvements: or, Essays on the most Rational Methods of Improving Estates; accommodated to the Soil, Climate, and Circumstances of England (.). By a Land Owner.

[WIMPEY (Joseph)]

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London, J. Dodsley, 1775. In-8, plein veau raciné de l'époque, dos lisse orné d'un décor de filets, palettes et fers spéciaux dorés (quelques épidermures et petits accrocs de cuir), contemporary marbled calf, spine elaborately decorated in gilt in compartments, lettered in gilt (some schuffing and abrasions on the boards), xvi, 528, xv, (1) p. First edition. Though largely devoted to agricultural economy, the work, as indicated in the title, contains thoughts on the poor and the poor laws with a chapter entitled "Of the Poor laws. Amendments proposed" and "Of Population". (For this first edition: Goldsmiths, 11249. For the second edition in the same year: Higgs 6207. Kress, 7183). A very fine copy in contemporary calf, well margined, crisp and clean.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Rural Improvements: or, Essays on the most Rational Methods of Improving Estates; accommodated to the Soil, Climate, and Circumstances of England (.). By a Land Owner.
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition