A treatise concerning the manner of fallowing of ground, . raising of grass-seeds, and training of lint and hemp, for the increase and improvement of the linnen-manufactories in Scotland. Publish'd ... by the Honourable Society for Improving in the Knowledge of Agriculture. ...
Richard Bradley (1688-1732)
Category
Books
Date
1724
Materials
Place of origin
Scotland
Collection
Osterley Park and House, London
NT 3113346
Summary
Bibliographic description
173, [1]p., [7] plates, [6] folded . ill.. . 8vo.. Not indigenous. Provenance: Remains of small paper ticket on binding, with number 936 [?]. Eighteenth-century inscription on flyleaf: D[ighynaled?]. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on front pastedown in Norris's hand: Hodgson 24/3 38 Lot 177 Đ1. Twentieth-century note in pencil on flyleaf attributing authorship to William Macintosh of Borlum.. Binding: Eighteenth-century full calf binding over boards; double fillets to form a border; orange spine label "Husbandry"; sewn on seven raised bands.
Makers and roles
Richard Bradley (1688-1732) William Macintosh Honourable Society for Improving in the Knowledge of Agriculture