The English improver improved or the survey of husbandry surveyed discovering the improueableness of all lands: : some to be vnder a double and treble others vnder a five or six fould. And many vnder a tenn fould, yea some vnder a twenty fould improuement. /
Blith, Walter,active 1649.
Cross, Thomas,active 1632-1682,engraver.
London : printed for John Wright, at the Kings-head in the Old-Bayley,
1652.
An expanded edition of "The English improver".
The title is on two leaves, the first engraved and containing the title through the authorship statement, the second printed with "All clearly .." through imprint.
The words "1 By floating .. new plantation." are bracketed together on title page.
The engraved title page is signed with a crossed T, i.e. Thomas Cross.
The page between 264 and 258 is numbered 752.
2L1-2 are cancelled by a single leaf signed "Ll".
With six final contents leaves.
The two non-folded "plates" are woodcuts.
Also exists with two variants. Variant 1: a leaf of addenda with heading "Begin to read this leaf after Customer, .." inserted after 2G3. Variant 2: with added quire (2M)⁴, "An appendix, or postscript", inserted after quire 2M.
Annotation on Thomason copy: "June. 6.".
Wing (2nd ed., 1994)
Thomason
ESTC
Agriculture