A collection for the improvement of husbandry and trade : Consisting of many valuable materials relating to corn, cattle, coals, hops, wool, &c. With a compleat 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 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, F.R.S. and Professor of Botany in the University of Cambridge. In three volumes.
John Houghton (1640-1705)
Category
Books
Date
1727
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Lacock, Wiltshire
NT 3095652.3
Summary
Bibliographic description
v.3 8vo. Binding: eighteenth century gilt-tooled sprinkled calf; decorative tooling on edges of boards; gilt tooling, title label reading "Houghton's Collectio" and volume number on spine; text block edges sprinkled red and brown. Provenance: eighteenth century manuscript inscription "Davenport Talbot" on recto of first free end-paper.
Provenance
Purchased with the family collection of Abbey contents in situ from Mrs Petronella Burnett-Brown December 2009.
Makers and roles
John Houghton (1640-1705) Richard Bradley (1688-1732)