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Hints on the economy of feeding stock, and bettering the condition of the poor /

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Niall Kenny description: Not in Dingley; the directions to the binder mentions 5 plates but 4 and 5 are on the same leaf; the second edition in 1809 changed title to "Hints on Agricultural Subjects"; the section titles are included in the gatherings. Printer's imprint: "Printed b...

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Main Author: Curwen, J. C. (John Christian), 1756-1828
Other Authors: Wilks, Robert, active 1802-1839 (Printer)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Printed for B. Crosby and Co., Stationers-court, Paternoster-row; Jollie and Son, and Hodgson, Carlisle; Bowness, and Mordy, Workington; Hetherington, Wigton; Akenhead, Newcastle; Hazard and Co., Gibbons, Meyler, and Savage, Bath; Richardson, Bristol; Booth, Stevenson and Co., Norwich; Woolstenholme, York; Heaton, Leeds; Brooke, Drury, and Smith, Lincoln; Rooe, and Drakard, Stamford; Ridges, Newark; Sheardown, Doncaster; Wood and Son, Wakefield; Hall, Worcester; Webb, Bedford; Coombe, Leicester; Barratt, Cambridge; Walker, Chester; Watts, Northampton; Dunn, Robinson, and Sutton, Nottingham; Hill, Dumfries, Willan, Liverpool; Clarke and Reddish, Manchester; Constable, and Co., Edinburgh; and Archer, Dublin, 1808.
Subjects:
Agriculture > Great Britain.
Animal culture > Economic aspects > Great Britain.
Milk supply > Great Britain.
Fraternal organizations > Great Britain.
Agricultural laborers > Great Britain > Economic conditions > 19th century.
Agriculture > economics.
United Kingdom
Agricultural laborers > Economic conditions.
Agriculture.
Animal culture > Economic aspects.
Fraternal organizations.
Milk supply.
Great Britain.
1800-1899
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Summary:Niall Kenny description: Not in Dingley; the directions to the binder mentions 5 plates but 4 and 5 are on the same leaf; the second edition in 1809 changed title to "Hints on Agricultural Subjects"; the section titles are included in the gatherings. Printer's imprint: "Printed by R. Wilks, Chancery-Lane" on text pages, the last 4 pages of publisher's adverts have a different printer, i.e. "Printed by B. McMillan, Bow-Street, Covent-Garden".
Item Description:Half-title page.
"Reference to the engravings" and "Directions to the binder" on 2 pages (2pi1) following page xvi.
Publisher's advertisements final 4 pages.
Signatures: pi² b⁸ 2pi² B-Z⁸ 2A⁴ 2B² chi² (-2pi2)
Frontispiece: North West view of the Schoose Farm.
Physical Description:xvi, 2, 364, 4 pages, 7 unnumbered leaves of plates (3 folded) : illustrations . ; 22 cm