A collection for the improvement of husbandry and trade. : Consisting of many valuable materials relating to corn, cattle, coals, hops, wool, &c. With a complete catalogue of the several sorts of earths, and their proper product; the best sorts of manure for each; with the art of draining and flooding of lands; as also full and exact histories of trades, as malting, brewing, &c. the description and structure of instruments for husbandry, and carriages, with the manner of their improvement; an account of the rivers of England, &c. and how far they may be made navigable; of weights and measures, of woods, cordage, and metals; of building and stowage the vegetation of plants, &c. with many other useful par'ticulars [sic], communicated by several eminent members of the Royal Society, to the collector, John Houghton, F.R.S. Now revised, corrected, and published, with a preface and useful indexes, by Richard Bradley, F.R.S. and Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge. In three volumes.
Houghton, John,1640-1705.
Anstruther, John,Sir,1673-approximately 1754,former owner.StEdNL
London: : Printed for Woodman and Lyon in Russel-street, Covent Garden.,
M, DCC, XXVII-M, DCC,XXVIII. [1727-1728]
Title pages printed in red and black.
In fact in four volumes: the fourth, dated 1728 and calling itself "Vol. IV" bears the title: 'Husbandry and trade improv'd: being a collection of many valuable materials'.
A collection of papers originally published in periodical form.
Includes index.
ESTC
Goldsmiths' Lib. cat.
Hanson
Armorial bookplate on verso of title leaves: Sr. John Anstruther of that ilk Baronet.
Agriculture
England London.
Also reproduced on microfilm. New Haven, CT: Research Publications, Inc., 1974. Goldsmiths'-Kress Library of Economic Literature ; reel 398, no. 6508.