Observations on the utility, form and management of water meadows, and draining and irrigating of peat bogs, : with an account of Prisley Bog and other extraordinary improvements, conducted for His Grace the Duke of Bedford, Thomas William Coke, Esq., M.P. and others /
Niall Kenny description: The 1806 edition mentioned in Fussell, Southampton and many listings on COPAC is the first issue with the imprint of R.M. Bacon of Norwich on title page; this printer is given on the verso of the title page here; the two issues of this book seem to be identical, but the very...
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| Summary: | Niall Kenny description: The 1806 edition mentioned in Fussell, Southampton and many listings on COPAC is the first issue with the imprint of R.M. Bacon of Norwich on title page; this printer is given on the verso of the title page here; the two issues of this book seem to be identical, but the very rare first issue in its first state can be recognised as plate 1 is without the phrase "containing 9 acres" below the date; oddly this 2nd issue seems more uncommon. Printer's imprint: "Printed by Bacon, Cockey-lane, Norwich." |
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| Item Description: | Colophon: "Bacon, Printer, Cockey-lane, Norwich" Bound with: "A treatise on the choice, buying, and general management of live stock" 1807. |
| Physical Description: | 4 unnumbered pages, xviii pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 20-121 pages, 1 unnumbered pages, 2 folded leaves of plates : plans ; 22 cm |
| Place of Publication: | England -- London. |