Annals of agriculture, and other useful arts. : Collected and published by Arthur Young, Esq. FRS. Honorary member of the Societies of Dublin, Bath, York, Salford, and Oldham; the Philosophical and Literary Society of Manchester; the Oeconomical Society of Berne; the Physical Society of Zurich; the Palatine Academy of Agriculture at Manheim; the Imperial Oeconomical Society established at Petersburgh: and corresponding member of the Royal Society of Agriculture at Paris; of the Royal Academy of Agriculture at Florence; and of the Patriotic Society at Milan..
Young, Arthur,1741-1820,ed.
London [England] : Printed by H. Goldney, no. 15, Paternoster-Row; and sold by all the booksellers in London and Westminster,
M. DCC LXXIV. [1784]-
Compiled and edited by Arthur Young.
Some volumes have half-titles.
After vol. 5, later volumes were printed in Bury St. Edmunds and sold in London.
Imprints vary; v. 6-10: printed by J. Rackham and sold by Wm. Nicoll; from v. 11- the bookseller was Wm. Richardson.
Monthly issues except no. 1 have caption titles, with vol. and issue no. on direction line.
Issue numbering is consecutive from volume to volume.
Paginated and signed consecutively within each volume.
Vol. 2 appears in two states; one imprint reads: "Printed for H. Goldney"; a variant reads: "printed for the editor, and sold by H. Goldney".
Includes practical advice on all aspects of agriculture: crops, animal breeding, soil preparation, experiments on methods, reports of county prices, notes on foreign exchange, and letters from correspondents.
ESTC
NCBEL,
Crane & Kaye,
Times handlist,
Ward, W. S. Index of serials,
Goldsmiths lib. cat.,
Monthly issues and collected volumes lack chronological designations.
Vol. 15 has only 5 monthly numbers: 85-89.
Imprint dates do not necessarily reflect exact year of coverage.
Subject index in each semiannual volume.
Collects, with added contents and title pages, monthly issues of the Annals of Agriculture.
Rackham republished the first volume twice, in Bury St. Edmunds, 1786 and 1790, with slightly different imprints; vol. 2 was reprinted in London "for the editor" and sold by Richardson, 1793.
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