The gentleman farmer : being an attempt to improve agriculture, by subjecting it to the test of rational principles
- Bib ID:
- 1537200
- Format:
- Book
- Author:
- Kames, Henry Home, Lord, 1696-1782
- Description:
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- Edinburgh : Printed for W. Creech, and London ,T. Cadell, 1776
- [iii] xxvi (i.e.xxiv), 409, [3] p., [3] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm. (8vo.)
- Full contents:
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- Part I. Practice of agriculture.
- Part II. Theory of agriculture.
- Notes:
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- Advertisement: p. [2-3] at end.
- Dedication to Sir John Pringle, President of the Royal Society, signed Henry Home.--p.[iii]-vi.
- National Library of Australia's copy inscribed: Robert Stevens.
- National Library of Australia's copy initialled inside front cover: W.H.H.
- National Library of Australia's copy has marginal notations in 18th century script; and pencilled name: Henry Home, on title page.
- National Library of Australia's copy contains book-plate: G.K. Colishaw: donated by the family of the late George Keith Colishaw.
- Imperfect copy: wanting plates bound at end of text between p. 409 and advertisements.
- 202/4/86.
- Cited In:
- ESTC, t055416.
- Subject:
- Copyright:
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- Reason for copyright status:
- Creator Date of Death is Before 1955
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- Presumed date of death of creator (latest date):
- 1782
- Published status:
- Published
- Publication date:
- 1776
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