Lot 15
Poverty.- Moore (Adam) Bread for the Poor..., only edition, R. & W.Leybourn, 1653.
Hammer Price: £1,600
Description
Poverty.- Moore (Adam) Bread for the Poor...Promised by Enclosure of the Wastes and Common Grounds of England, only edition, title with woodcut ornament and typographical border, with blank leaf following title, woodcut head-pieces and initials, some spotting or browning, ex-Rothamsted Agricultural Library copy with faint trace of stamp to final leaf and stamps to pastedowns, modern half calf over marbled boards, spine faded, [Goldsmiths' 1292; Kress 885; Wing M 2529], 8vo, R. & W.Leybourn, 1653.
⁂ Rare in commerce. A well-constructed paper arguing for an imaginative and enthusiastic taking control of "waste" lands, which would make England richer and also solve the problem of rural poverty. In all some 1½ million acres could be recovered with cottagers being assigned four acres each.
Sold in these rooms in 2018.
Description
Poverty.- Moore (Adam) Bread for the Poor...Promised by Enclosure of the Wastes and Common Grounds of England, only edition, title with woodcut ornament and typographical border, with blank leaf following title, woodcut head-pieces and initials, some spotting or browning, ex-Rothamsted Agricultural Library copy with faint trace of stamp to final leaf and stamps to pastedowns, modern half calf over marbled boards, spine faded, [Goldsmiths' 1292; Kress 885; Wing M 2529], 8vo, R. & W.Leybourn, 1653.
⁂ Rare in commerce. A well-constructed paper arguing for an imaginative and enthusiastic taking control of "waste" lands, which would make England richer and also solve the problem of rural poverty. In all some 1½ million acres could be recovered with cottagers being assigned four acres each.
Sold in these rooms in 2018.
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