Author: ELLIS (William)
Title: Ellis's Husbandry, Abridged and Methodized; Comprehending the most useful Articles pf Practical Agriculture.
Description: London: Printed for W. Nicoll; and G. Robinson, 1772. 2 Vols., 8vo (203 x 120 mm), xx, 516; [6], 528, [40]pp., one engraved plate, some browning from turn-ins, cont. full tree calf, joints a little worn, flat spines richly tooled in gilt, red and green morocco lettering pieces on spines, an attractive set in a contemporary binding. First edition of this abridgement of the author's most import book, The Modern Husbandman, which appeared in installments, ending in 1744. Provenance: Small neat ink stamp of the Lawes Agricultural Library to the front paste-down. Rothamsted, p.53; Perkins, 560.

Keywords: AGRICULTURE HUSBANDRY