JOHN LAWES OF ROTHAMPSTEAD: PIONEER OF SCIENCE, FARMING AND INDUSTRY + ALS

First Edition. Hardback. 8vo.pp. 234. Signed presentation copy: "Rodney & Jane Stanford with Best wishes, George Dyke. 15 June 1993." Loosely inserted signed handwritten letter from the author to Rodney Stanford enclosing the book and requesting "Please tell me if you find any red snags or faults." Original publisher's boards in rich glossy yellow, lettered black and featuring a short biography and portrait of John Lawes. Black and white photographs,drawings and diagrams illustrate the text. Biography.ISBN:095213060Z./Sir John Bennet Lawes, (1814–1900) was an English entrepreneur and agricultural scientist. He founded an experimental farm at his home at Rothamsted Manor that eventually became Rothamsted Research, where he developed a superphosphate that would mark the beginnings of the chemical fertilizer industry About fine.