THE HORSE HOEING HUSBANDRY: Or, a Treatise on the Principles of Tillage and Vegetation. Wherein is taught a Method of Introducing a Sort of Vineyard Culture Into the Corn-Fields, in order to increase their Product and diminish the Common Expense.
by Tull, Jethro; William Cobbett (introduction)
- Used
- very good
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Very Good
- Seller
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Launceston, Cornwall, United Kingdom
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About This Item
London: Printed for John M. Cobbett, 1822. Book. Very Good. Half Leather. First Edition Thus. 8vo. 1st Cobbett ed.; pp. xix, [1], 332; single engraved plate. Contemporary half tan calf with black title label to the spine; very good and strong, a little general wear and rubbing, discreet repair to the front joint, top front corner painful. Contents good and tight, a little scattered foxing to early and last pages, pencil annotation/index to the front blank, old blemishes/stains to pages 3, 9 & 10. A very good copy. Tull's work originally privately printed in 1731. Cobbett writes about Tull's importance to agriculture in his introduction..
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- Bookseller
- Loe Books (GB)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 030546
- Title
- THE HORSE HOEING HUSBANDRY: Or, a Treatise on the Principles of Tillage and Vegetation. Wherein is taught a Method of Introducing a Sort of Vineyard Culture Into the Corn-Fields, in order to increase their Product and diminish the Common Expense.
- Author
- Tull, Jethro; William Cobbett (introduction)
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Publisher
- Printed for John M. Cobbett
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1822
- Size
- 8vo
- Bookseller catalogs
- Agriculture;
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Launceston, Cornwall
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