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A new and complete system of practical husbandry
by MILLS, John
- Used
- Near Fine
- Hardcover
- Condition
- Near Fine
- Seller
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COLUMBIA, Missouri, United States
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About This Item
1767 Husbandry FARMING Horses BEER Wine Horseshoes Mills 5v SET John Adams USA
John Mills's "Practical Husbandry" is a thorough survey on farming and rural life. Mills offers direction producing strong soils for plant growth, cultivating the land, farming tools and plows, shoeing horses, fermenting beers and wine, harvesting fruits and vegetables, and so much more. This impressive five-volume set is known to have been in the library of famous founding fathers, including John Adams!
This 1676 edition includes numerous full-page and folding engravings!
Item number: #25966
Price: $750
MILLS, John
A new and complete system of practical husbandry
London: printed for J. Johnson and B. Davenport, 1767.
Details:
· Collation: Complete with all pages; 5 volumes
o Vol. 1 – [2], xxii, 483, [1]
o Vol. 2 – [2], xv, [1], 437, [1]
o Vol. 3 – [2], xii, 3-466
o Vol. 4 – [2], xii, 3-465, [1]
o Vol. 5 – [2], v (i.e., xii), 342, xcviii
o 20 engravings (most folding; 3 present but incomplete)
· Provenance: Handwritten
o John J. Robinson, Althorne, 1903
o James Robinson, Latimer, 1840
· Language: English
· Binding: Leather; secure
· Size: ~8in x 5.25in (20.5cm x 13.5cm)
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- Bookseller
- Schilb Antiquarian Rare Books
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- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 25966
- Title
- A new and complete system of practical husbandry
- Author
- MILLS, John
- Format/Binding
- Leather; secure
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- for J. Johnson and B. Davenport
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1767
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- 1767 Husbandry FARMING Horses BEER Wine Horseshoes Mills 5v SET John Adams USA, rare, antique, old, first edition, 1st state, provenance, signed, inscribed, dust jacket, vellum, manuscript, engravings, illustrations, leather, plates, maps, antiquarian
- Note
- May be a multi-volume set and require additional postage.
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