1796 The Rural Economy of the West of England: Including Devonshire; and Parts of Somersetshire, Dorsetshire, and Cornwall. Together With Minutes in Practice

Description

First Edition, Folding Plates, Illustrated, Leather Binding, Original Binding

The first edition.

Illustrated with a folding map frontispiece to 'Volume One'. Collated, complete. 

A complete two volume set. 

Bound in contemporary full calf, retaining original blanks and endpapers.

Written by William Marshall, who published six studies on the farming practices of different regions of England from 1788 to 1798, which remain important historical resources on English agriculture. This work covers the West of England, including Devonshire, Somersetshire, Dorsetshire and Cornwall. The works discuss the topography of the land, the state of the villages, food, employment and the state of society, public works such as public mills and roads, harvesting, vegetable produce and fish, and much more.