Author: Young,Arthur) but no editor given
Title: GLEANINGS FROM BOOKS ON AGRICULTURE AND GARDENING.
Description: London, Samuel Bagster & sold in Dublin John Archer, & Edinburgh Ross & Blackwood Second Enlarged and Improved edition 1802 Plates (2) with a total of 15 illustrations (not in the first edition) . Octavo contemporary half calf gilt (corners very worn/hinge cracking but entirely sound) vii+(ip= explanation of the plates) + 2 plates +432pp Advice taken from many sources including Marshall's Rural Economy, Young's Tours, Hunter's Georgical Essays, Curtis's Practical Obvservations on British Grasses, Darwin's Phytologia, Evelyn etc. some rather more difficult to obtain. Coat of arms Bookplates of Beeston Long Esq. End-papers and first and last few pages sl.foxed else V.G (Fussell III p43).

Keywords: Agriculture gardening


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