ENGLAND'S IMPROVEMENT BY SEA AND LAND Shewing the WAY to out-do the DUTCH in TRADE by SEA.

TITLE CONTINUED: To pay debts without moneys, to set at work all the poor of England with the growth of our own lands. To prevent unnecessary suits in law; with the benefit of a voluntary register. Directions where vast quantities of timber are to be had for the building of ships; with the advantage of making the great rivers of England navigable. Rules to prevent fires in London, and other great cities; with directions how the several companies of handicraftsmen in London may always have cheap bread and drink THE SECOND PART: Containing, I: An account of its situation, and the growths, and manufactures thereof. 2: The benefit and necessity of a voluntary-register. 3: A method for improving the Royal-Navy, lessening the growing power of France, and obtaining the fishery. 4: Advantageous proposals for the City of London, for the preventing of fires therein; and for lessening the great charge of the trained bands. 5: The way to make New-Haven in Sussex, fit to receive ships of burthen. 6: Seasonable discourses of the tin, iron, linnen, and woollen trades: with advantageous proposals for improving them all. Illustrated with copper-plates. 8 folding plates in Part 1 and 7 folding plates in Part 2. Part 2: dated Feb. 2, 1680/1 at bottom of The Epistle to the Reader, Caption title on page 113: Method discovered to prevent massacres, or unlawful attempts, upon the inhabitants of the City of London; and lessen the charge of their guards; Caption title on page159: Dialogue betwixt a tynn-minor of Cornwal, an iron-mynor of the forest of Dean, in Glocester-shire. Caption title on p. 207: Dialogue betwixt a Parliament-man, a country-farmer, and a traveller. Final edition 1698, re-issue of the edition of 1677-1681. Small 4to approximately 190 x 140 mm, 7¾ x 5½ inches,15 engraved folding maps and plans, 2 leaves listing the plates in neat early ink hand bound in at front and the plates numbered in ink on blank side. Pages: [14], 1-195; [8], 1-212, pages 72-96 in Part 1, and pages 121-128 omitted in Part 2, nothing missing, the catchwords are correct, the same jump in pagination is found in the online Internet Archive listing, a copy in HathiTrust and a copy sold in the Bloomsbury Auctions, Cetus Library 2011, Lot 415. (Part 2 has an incorrect catchword on page 112 "In", page 113 begins "A Method" same in all copies. Bound in full straight grained morocco, gilt lettering and decoration to spine, blind decoration between raised bands, gilt decoration to edges of covers, gilt edges, pale brown endpapers, armorial bookplate to first pastedown of Jonathan Hargreaves. Hinges rubbed, binding bowed due to folding of the plates (see images), title page laid down on old paper with small chip with slight loss of paper to top outer margin, not affecting text, title page age-browned, pale age-browning to margins throughout, occasional rust spot with pinhole, occasional ink spot and small stain, small close tears to most plates, neatly repaired on blank side with archival tape, no loss to images and hardly noticeable, pale age-browning affecting plates, a few plates just protruding from text block, 2 lower corners repaired, not affecting text. A scarce edition but a good copy only. See: Goldsmiths' Libaray of Economic Literature, Volume 1, page 130, No. 2194; The Kress Library, Business and Economics, pages 81-82, No. 1459; Mary S. Aslin, Books on Agriculture 1471-1840, page 142; W. Frank Perkins, British and Irish Writers on Agriculture, page 159; G. Fussell, Old English Farming Books, page 74-76; Donald McDonald, Agricultural Writers, pages 112 and 204; ESTC R186907. MORE IMAGES ATTACHED TO THIS LISTING, ALL ZOOMABLE, FURTHER IMAGES ON REQUEST. Postage at cost and all parcels sent fully tracked and fully insured. …