Author: William Cobbett
Title: Cottage Economy: Containing Information Relative to the Brewing of Beer, Making of Bread, Keeping of Cows, Pigs, Bees, Ewes, Goats, Poultry, and Rabbits, and Relative to Other Matters Deemed Useful in the Conducting of the Affairs of a Labourer&Apos;S Family; to Which Are Added, Instructions Relative to the Selecting, the Cutting and the Bleaching of the Plants of English Grass and Grain, for the Purpose of Making Hats and Bonnets; and Also Instructions for Erecting and Using Ice-Houses After the Virginian Manner
Description: London, Peter Davies, Limited , 1926. Hardback. A copy of this insightful work detailing practical skills in aid of the average labourer, from radical pamphleteer, politician and farmer, William Cobbett. Originally published in 1821.In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding and paper covered boards. An informative work covering various life skills for the average labourer of the early 19th century. Cobbett backed lower taxes, saving, reversing commons enclosures and returning to the "gold standard" of agriculture. He also sought to ease poverty among farm labourers and small land holders. In the original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, generally smart with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Areas of fading and marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting and light spotting to the endpapers. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
Keywords: Agriculture Farming William Cobbett Farming None
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Title: Cottage Economy: Containing Information Relative to the Brewing of Beer, Making of Bread, Keeping of Cows, Pigs, Bees, Ewes, Goats, Poultry, and Rabbits, and Relative to Other Matters Deemed Useful in the Conducting of the Affairs of a Labourer&Apos;S Family; to Which Are Added, Instructions Relative to the Selecting, the Cutting and the Bleaching of the Plants of English Grass and Grain, for the Purpose of Making Hats and Bonnets; and Also Instructions for Erecting and Using Ice-Houses After the Virginian Manner
Description: London, Peter Davies, Limited , 1926. Hardback. A copy of this insightful work detailing practical skills in aid of the average labourer, from radical pamphleteer, politician and farmer, William Cobbett. Originally published in 1821.In the publisher's original quarter cloth binding and paper covered boards. An informative work covering various life skills for the average labourer of the early 19th century. Cobbett backed lower taxes, saving, reversing commons enclosures and returning to the "gold standard" of agriculture. He also sought to ease poverty among farm labourers and small land holders. In the original quarter cloth binding with paper covered boards. Externally, generally smart with rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Areas of fading and marks to the boards. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with offsetting and light spotting to the endpapers. Good . Ill.: None. Good .
Keywords: Agriculture Farming William Cobbett Farming None
Price: GBP 30.00 = appr. US$ 42.84 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 911Y12
- Book number: 911Y12
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