[Rarebooks] fa: ARTHUR YOUNG - THE FARMER'S KALENDAR or MONTHLY DIRECTORY 1771 - First Edition

[Ardwight Chamberlain]

Listed now, along with other antiquarian scientific works, auction ending Sunday, September 15. More details and images can be found at the URL below or by searching under the seller name arch_in_la.

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Thanks again,
Ardwight Chamberlain
L.A.

[Arthur Young:] The Farmer’s Kalendar; or, a Monthly Directory for all Sorts of Country Business: Containing, plain Instructions for performing the Work of various Kinds of Farms, in every Season of the Year. Respecting particularly The buying, feeding, and selling Live Stock. The whole Culture of Arable Crops. The Management of Grasses. The oeconomical Conduct of the Farm, &c. By an Experienced Farmer. London: Printed for Robinson and Roberts, No. 25, in Pater-Noster-Row; and J. Knox, at No. 148, in the Strand, 1771. FIRST EDITION. Tall 8vo (21 cm) in period calf, rebacked with the original morocco spine label laid down; [32] + 399 + [1] pp.; with the half-title. ESTC T121921.

First edition of this influential and often reprinted guide to farming by Arthur Young (1741-1820), the peripatetic and prolific author of works on agriculture and political economy. Binding with some bumping and rubbing to the edges and extremities; mild toning to the leaves with occasional light scattered foxing, but overall very clean and fresh, firmly bound. A handsome copy.