Gordon & Co Bill for Seeds, 1822 - Bill head
Gordon, Forsyth, Thomson and Co
From Christian White Rare Books Ltd, Ilkley, YORKS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 23 August 2006
From Christian White Rare Books Ltd, Ilkley, YORKS, United Kingdom
Seller rating 4 out of 5 stars
AbeBooks Seller since 23 August 2006
About this Item
[4] 'Dutch turnip', 'Windsor Beans' and 'Negro dwarf kidney beans': a bill from a London nursery - 'Seedsman' - for supplying vegetable seeds to the lawyer John Thomas Batt to be planted at his country home, New Hall, near Salisbury in Wiltshire. Quarto sized bifolium with printed bill-head on the first recto, accomplished in manuscript with about 40 types of seed to be sent to 'J.T.Batt Esq, New Hall near Salisbury' at a total cost of '£6"0"9' with the company's docket title to the final blank and a note in Batt's hand. Batt was a successful London lawyer from the 1780s-1820s who was an executor of Sir Edward Gibbon and a political mover and shaker during the tumultuous years before William Pitt became Prime Minister. In addition to lodgings in Lincoln's Inn he had a country home near Salisbury. Near Fine Please contact Christian White Rare Books Ltd for more information or images of this item. Seller Inventory # 1006
Bibliographic Details
Title: Gordon & Co Bill for Seeds, 1822 - Bill head
Publisher: Wiltshire and London Unpublished 1822
Publication Date: 1822
Condition: Near Fine
Signed: Signed by Author(s)
Edition: 1st Edition
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