Husbandry and trade improv'd: . being a collection of many valuable materials relating to corn, cattle, coals, hops, wool, &c. With a complete catalogue of the several sorts of earths, ... With many other useful particulars, 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, ... In four volumes.
John Houghton (1640-1705)
Category
Books
Date
1728
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Belton House, Lincolnshire
NT 3004583
Summary
Bibliographic description
4v. . 8vo.. Provenance: Bookplates: John Brownlowe, viscount Tyrconnel (armorial); Belton House (earl's coronet & crests). Old Belton pressmarks on pastedowns: XIII:4 (large, ink) and 120. Binding: Eighteenth-century panelled calf, dark central panel. Spines gilt; spine-labels 'Houghton Collecti Tom. I' etc.
Makers and roles
John Houghton (1640-1705)