Author: FERTILISERS.
Title: An Essay of the Utility of Soap-Ashes as a Manure; in which their nature and properties, the soil on which they may most usefully be employed and the mode of application, are illustrated by numerous interesting facts, demonstrating their beneficial effects on arable and pasture lands, in gardens, parks, inclosures, etc.
Description: London: Printed by Richard Edwards, 1812. First edition, small 8vo, [4], 40, [14]pp., hand-coloured folding frontispiece, presentation inscription to title "From the author, only fifty copies printed on this paper", title page and frontispiece mounted on stubs, later cloth. Provenance: The Lawes Agriculture Library, Rothamsted Research Institute.

Keywords: AGRICULTURE FERTILISERS FERTILIZERS MANURE