[Rarebooks] FS: Encyclopedic "Dictionarium Rusticum, Urbanicum..." London: 1717

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(DICTIONARIES) [Bailey, Nathan and others]. DICTIONARIUM RUSTICUM, URBANICUM &
 BOTANICUM: or, a Dictionary of Husbandry, Gardening, Trade, Commerce, and 
All Sorts of Country-Affairs... Illustrated with a Great Number of Wooden and 
Copper Cuts. The Second Edition... with the Addition of Above a Thousand 
Articles. London: Printed for J. Nicholson, W. Taylor, and W. Churchill. 1717. 8vo. 
Unpaginated (approx. 930pp.) Double column text. Illustrated with many text 
woodcuts and 2 copper engraved plates (1 folding, both a bit foxed). Cont. calf, 
somewhat worn & chipped, hinges cracked but holding nicely. Front free 
endpaper lacking.     $500.00 (trade discount allowed)
Among the subjects covered in this encyclopedic dictionary are: the preparing 
of English liquors, fishing tackle, livestock breeding, etc.

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