Author: Steensberg, Axel ; Fenton, Alexander ; & Lerche, Grith ; editors: Title: Tools & Tillage : A Journal on the History of the Implements of Cultivation and Other Agricultural Processes [1969-1991]
Description: Copenhagen, National Museum of Denmark, 1975-1981. orig.wrappers. 23x18cm, TEN [10] VOLUMES. Weighs 2 kilos.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ This is a collection of 10 issues of 'Tools & Tillage', the annual of the International Secretariat for Research on the History of Agricultural Implements. Each bound separately in original wrappers. Includes Vol. I, Nr. 2 [1969] ; Vol. I, Nr. 3 [1970]; Vol. II, Nr. 5 [1975] ; Vol. III, Nr. 1 [1976]; Vol. III, Nr. 2 [1977]; Vol. III, Nr. 2 [1977]; Vol.III, Nr. 4 [1979]; Vol. IV, Nr. 1 [1980]; Vol. IV, Nr. 2 [1981 ]; Vol. IV, Nr. 4 [1983];Vol. VI, Nr. 4 [1991]. Ceased publication in 1995. Issues run circa 70 pages each and contain 5 or more papers each. Includes: The Ropas Plow from the Island of Corfu, Greece; The Rotherham Plough: A Study of a Novel 18th Century Implement of Agriculture; The Early Threshing Machine in Northumberland; The Gowl-Gob: An Extinct Spade Type from County Mayo, Ireland; A Typology of Cultivation Ridges in Southern Scotland; The Introduction of the Winnowing Machine in Europe in the 18th Century, Pre- Medieval Plough Marks in Viborg ; etc.
Keywords: Agricultural Implements, Agriculture, Cultivation Tools, Traditional Farming, Tillage, History, Archeology, Archaeology, History
Price: US$ 129.00 Seller: Expatriate Bookshop of Denmark
- Book number: BOOKS024233I