The English improver improved . or the survey of husbandry surveyed. Discovering the improveableness of all lands: some to be under a double and treble others under a five or six fould. And many under a Tenn fould, yea some under a twenty fould improvement. By Wa: Blith. A lover of ingenuity.
Walter Blith
Category
Books
Date
1653
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Ham House, Surrey
NT 3127188
Summary
Bibliographic description
[12],274,[12]p., [2] plates, [1] folding . ill.. . 4to.. Not indigenous. Provenance: Inscribed on first dedication leaf: Blackness 1821. Bequeathed to the National Trust by Norman Norris (1917-1991). Inscribed on pastedown in Norris's hand: H. [i.e. Hodgson's] 21/10 38 Lot 758 Đ1. Binding: Twentieth-century quarter calf binding; grained cloth over boards; gilt spine title.
Makers and roles
Walter Blith