1947-50 The Old English Farming Books From Fitzherbert to Tull 1523 to 1730 and More English Farming Books from Tull to the Board of Agriculture 1731 to 1793

Description

First Edition, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, With Dustwrapper

The first edition for both. 

Two volumes. 

Illustrated with sixteen monochrome plates to 'The Old English Farming Books' and eight to 'More Old English Farming Books'. Collated complete. 

In the publisher's original cloth with the original unclipped dust wrapper. 

This set features a comprehensive guide to old English farming books from 1523-1730, written by G. E. Fussell, an English agricultural historian. The works provide historical information on farming practices, discussing the first farming book by Fitzherbert up to works by the Board of Agriculture in the late sixteenth century.