The English improver improved or the survey of husbandry surveyed discovering the improueableness of all lands: : some to be vnder a double and treble others vnder a five or six fould. And many vnder a tenn fould, yea some vnder a twenty fould improuement. /
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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London :
Printed for John Wright, at the Kings-head in the Old-Bayley,
1652.
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| Edition: | The third impression much augmented. With an additionall discovery of the severall tooles, and instruments in their forms and figures promised. With a second part; containing six nevver peeces of improvement. ... |
| Series: | Early English books online.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Item Description: | An expanded edition of "The English improver". The title is on two leaves, the first engraved and containing the title through the authorship statement, the second printed with "All clearly .." through imprint. The words "1 By floating .. new plantation." are bracketed together on title page. The engraved title page is signed with a crossed T, id est Thomas Cross. The page between 264 and 258 is numbered 752. 2L1-2 are cancelled by a single leaf signed "Ll". With six final contents leaves. The two non-folded "plates" are woodcuts. Variant 1: a leaf of addenda with heading "Begin to read this leaf after Customer, .." inserted after 2G3. Variant 2: with added quire (2M)⁴, "An appendix, or postscript", inserted after quire 2M. Annotation on Thomason copy: "June. 6.". Reproduction of original in the British Library. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource ([54], 248, [2], 249-256, [2], 261-264, [1], 258-262, [14] pages, [4] plates (2 folded) : illustrations (woodcuts) |