American husbandry. . Containing an account of the soil, climate, production and agriculture, of the British colonies in North-America and the West-Indies; [...] By an American. In two volumes. [...].
John Mitchell (1711-1768)
Category
Books
Date
1775
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Dunham Massey, Cheshire
NT 3048052
Summary
Bibliographic description
2v. . 8vo.. Identified in 1768 catalogue: M.6 (entered in a later hand).. Provenance: Bookplate on front pastedown: Armorial, Grey and Booth quarterings impaling Cavendish-Bentinck: George Harry Grey, 5th earl of Stamford & 1st earl of Warrington (2nd cr.) (1737-1819), pasted over an earlier plate of the 5th earl, surmounted with the baronet's coronet [i.e.: after marriage in 1763 but prior to assumption of earldom of Stamford in 1768].. Binding: Sprinkled sheep; double blind ruled; spines double gilt ruled and numbered; red spine label: American husbandry.
Makers and roles
John Mitchell (1711-1768) Arthur Young (1741-1820)