Husbandry and trade improv'd: . being a collection of many valuable materials relating to corn, cattle, coals, hops, wool, &c. With a compleat 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 three volumes.
John Houghton (1640-1705)
Category
Books
Date
1727 - 1728
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ickworth, Suffolk
NT 3095650.2
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.2 of 4 . 8vo. Imperfect: vols. 2-3 only. Shelved and uniform with vol. 4 of the 2nd ed. (1728). Vol. 2 has variant imprint.. Provenance: Marginalia and underscorings in pencil; according to Sydenham Hervey such "mysterious little pencil marks in the margins" are a sign of ownership by John Hervey, 1st Earl of Bristol (1665-1751).. Binding: Eighteenth-century sprinkled calf bindings; double gilt fillet border on boards; blind roll on board edges; gilt fillets and title label on spines. Red sprinkled edges.
Provenance
Part of the Bristol Collection. The house and contents were acquired through the National Land Fund and transferred to the National Trust in 1956
Makers and roles
John Houghton (1640-1705) Richard Bradley (1688-1732)