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c1880 Ward & Lock's Book of Farm Management and Country Life: A Complete Enclyclopaedia of Rural Occupations
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Description
Illustrated, Leather Binding, Original Binding, Publishers' Original Binding, Scarce
Very scarce work. Illustrated with a colour frontispiece, two colour plates, twelve black-and-white plates, and numerous in-text and full-page images. Collated complete. A comprehensive encyclopaedic guide to rural occupations, farming, and country life. Being an exhaustive volume on the practical managements of agricultural occupations, providing the most recent information on a variety of subjects and scientific methods. With chapters on choosing and managing a farm, different crops, the dairy farm, gardening, field sports, trees and their management, and the working dog. Including references on the care of different animals from sheep, pigs, goats, asses, mules, and horses, to bees, rabbits, and pigeons. With publisher's advertisements to the rear. Dated from the British Library.
Condition
Bound in half calf with marbled boards. Externally, smart with rubbing to the extremities and the odd small mark to the boards. Minor fading to the spine. Hinges starting but firm with the front free endpaper lacking. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very bright with the odd small spot or handling mark. Light spotting and minor age toning to the first and last few pages.
Good
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