Lot 224

Trade and timber.- Smith (Capt. John) England's Improvement Reviv'd: Digested into Six Books, first edition, In the Savoy, Printed by Tho. Newcomb for the Author, 1670.

 

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Description

Trade and timber.- Smith (Capt. John) England's Improvement Reviv'd: Digested into Six Books, first edition, paper flaw to C2 with two small holes, one slightly affecting text, lacking final blank leaf, some light water-staining, mostly to lower margin, contemporary sprinkled sheep, rebacked preserving original gilt spine, [Wing S4092; Kress 1274; Goldsmiths' 1933; Keynes, Evelyn Bib. 125], 4to, In the Savoy, Printed by Tho. Newcomb for the Author, 1670.

⁂ Scarce work begins with a discourse on trade but moves on to its main subject, the growth and use of timber and the use of waste lands. The treatise ends with a variety of subjects: 'Several observations about sheep', Several directions to make an aviary: also a fish-pond; and several observations about pigeons', The choice of cows for a dairy' and Directions to plant hops'.

Description

Trade and timber.- Smith (Capt. John) England's Improvement Reviv'd: Digested into Six Books, first edition, paper flaw to C2 with two small holes, one slightly affecting text, lacking final blank leaf, some light water-staining, mostly to lower margin, contemporary sprinkled sheep, rebacked preserving original gilt spine, [Wing S4092; Kress 1274; Goldsmiths' 1933; Keynes, Evelyn Bib. 125], 4to, In the Savoy, Printed by Tho. Newcomb for the Author, 1670.

⁂ Scarce work begins with a discourse on trade but moves on to its main subject, the growth and use of timber and the use of waste lands. The treatise ends with a variety of subjects: 'Several observations about sheep', Several directions to make an aviary: also a fish-pond; and several observations about pigeons', The choice of cows for a dairy' and Directions to plant hops'.

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