An account of the introduction of Merino sheep into the different states of Europe, and at the Cape of Good Hope : describing the actual state of these animals, the number of them, the different modes of treatment which they experience, and the advantages which they render to agriculture, manufactures, and commerce /
Niall Kenny description: Uncommon. The plate is possibly the earliest illustrated form of the ear notches used to identify sheep. Oddly the translator is best known as a dramatist. Not in Roth or South. The NLS copy is complete despite the online catalogue. The last three pages of adverts are contin...
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| Summary: | Niall Kenny description: Uncommon. The plate is possibly the earliest illustrated form of the ear notches used to identify sheep. Oddly the translator is best known as a dramatist. Not in Roth or South. The NLS copy is complete despite the online catalogue. The last three pages of adverts are continuous with the text but in a very different type face. Printer's imprint: "Harding and Wright, Printers, St. John's-square, London." Dedication signed: "Benj. Thomon. Redhill Lodge, near Nottingham, Dec. 1, 1809." |
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| Item Description: | Publisher's advertisements at end: pages [246]-248. Signatures: pi⁴ B-Q⁸ R⁴ |
| Physical Description: | vi pages, 1 unnumbered leaves, 248 pages, 1 unnumbered leaf of plates : illustrations, plate ; 22 cm |