The complete English farmer, or, a practical system of husbandry, founded upon natural, certain, and obvious principles: in which is comprized, a general view of the whole art of agriculture, exhibiting the different effects if cultivating land, according to the usage of the old and new husbandry . . . By a practical farmer, and a friend of the late Mr. Jethro Tull, author of the Horse-hoing Husbandry

[Henry, David]

Published by printed for F. Newbery, the Corner of St. Paul?s-Church-Yard, London, 1771

About this Item

First edition, 8vo, pp. xxiv, [4], 432; largely unopened; 2 engraved plates (1 folding, and bound in upside down); original blue paper-covered boards, cream paper shelfback, manuscript title on spine; extremities rubbed and worn, boards a bit soiled; good and sound. With the ownership signature at the top of the title page of "Wat: Edwd. Wynne July 21st, 1784." One would want that Wynne (1734-1784) is the English lawyer and scholar who owned property in Somerset, a manor in Cornwall, as well as property in Dudley in Wales. According to Wikipedia he had a library of nearly two thousand volumes, this possibly among them. His library was sold after his death in a sale that lasted 11 days. But the "Wat: Edwd. Wynne" is problematic. There was also a Watkin Edward Wynne (1801-1880) a conservative Welsh politician, but the dates are achronistic. On B2 in the gutter are the initials W.E.W.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The complete English farmer, or, a practical system of husbandry, founded upon natural, certain, and obvious principles: in which is comprized, a general view of the whole art of agriculture, exhibiting the different effects if cultivating land, according to the usage of the old and new husbandry . . . By a practical farmer, and a friend of the late Mr. Jethro Tull, author of the Horse-hoing Husbandry
• Publisher: printed for F. Newbery, the Corner of St. Paul?s-Church-Yard, London
• Publication Date: 1771
• Edition: First Edition.
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  • English Literature