Tables for computing the weight of hay, cattle, sheep, & hogs, &c. by measurement : with a comparative table of the weight used at Edinburgh to those in use at Smithfield and else where /

Niall Kenny description: Scarce; fine copy in original wrappers with printed label; not in Rothamsted or Dingley; in BL but slightly different publishers; they date it to c. 1800 BUT Comben's 1998 catalogue has the identical version to that in BL dated as 1814 from a water-mark; early editions...

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Main Author: Ainslie, John
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Edinburgh : Sold by A. Constable & Co. & Hurst, Robinson & Co., London, [1812?]
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Summary:Niall Kenny description: Scarce; fine copy in original wrappers with printed label; not in Rothamsted or Dingley; in BL but slightly different publishers; they date it to c. 1800 BUT Comben's 1998 catalogue has the identical version to that in BL dated as 1814 from a water-mark; early editions were often bound with Ainslie's 'The gentleman and farmer's pocket companion', but this separate issue seems very uncommon; Fussell claims 1st edition as 1806 (from Perkins' "British and Irish Writers on Agriculture"?); the date of issue here comes from another copy bound with an 1812 copy of 'The gentleman and farmer's pocket companion'.
Item Description:Printed on recto only.
The suggested date of issue comes from another copy bound together with an 1812 copy of 'The gentleman and the farmer's pocket companion'.
Physical Description:1 unnumbered page, 22 leaves of plates : illustrations ; 14 cm.