The Art of Floating Land, as is practised in the County of Gloucester, shewn to be preferable to any other method in use in this country. With a particular examination of what Mr. Boswell, Mr. Davis, Mr. Marshall, and others, have written on the subject. Minute and plain directions are afterwards given for the formation of a floated meadow. With three descriptive plates.

Name: The Art of Floating Land, as is practised in the County of Gloucester, shewn to be preferable to any other method in use in this country. With a particular examination of what Mr. Boswell, Mr. Davis, Mr. Marshall, and others, have written on the subject. Minute and plain directions are afterwards given for the formation of a floated meadow. With three descriptive plates.
Author: Wright,T[homas], author of large Farms recommended.

Wright,T[homas], author of large Farms recommended.

Language: English

Published by London : printed by J. Rider. Sold by J. Scatcherd; and by all the London booksellers, and by Mrs Jones, Oxford 1799.

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First edition. Format, Octavo, 195mm. Physical description, [4], [1] 2 - 95 [1] blank. Plates III, folding. Title page dusty, lightly spotted and lightly soiled, last leaf similar, otherwise the contents are clean. Occasional somewhat acerbic light pencil noes by a previous owner. Sometime rebound in grey paper over boards, the spine with a new title label lettered in gilt. Overall, a very good copymof a book that is not often see for sale. This is the second of the Rev. Thomas Wright's (dates unknown) books on the subject. The water meadows in south Gloucestershire fascinated the Rev. Wright when he was appointed to the church in South Cerney , so much so that he published - An Account of the Advantage and Method of Watering Meadows by Art as practised in the County of Gloucester, 1789. The book was so successful he went on to publish the book offered here ten years later. Nine years later when he had been appointed to a church in Northamptonshire he published - On the Formation and Management of Floated Meadows, 1808. The Library HubDiscover (on-line11/024) locates nine copies. See also the Rothamsted Catalogue p.161; and Fussell,1731 to 1793, p.122. ESTC unavailable.

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Title: The Art of Floating Land, as is practised in the County of Gloucester, shewn to be preferable to any other method in use in this country. With a particular examination of what Mr. Boswell, Mr. Davis, Mr. Marshall, and others, have written on the subject. Minute and plain directions are afterwards given for the formation of a floated meadow. With three descriptive plates.
Author: Wright,T[homas], author of large Farms recommended.
Publisher: London : printed by J. Rider. Sold by J. Scatcherd; and by all the London booksellers, and by Mrs Jones, Oxford 1799.
Condition: Very Good
Binding: Hardcover
Language: English

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