Agriculture explain'd mathematically: . or a new theory and practice of that art: together with a method of planting and hoing all sorts of corn and seeds and of ordering luzern, sainfoin, turnips, potatoes etc different from anything publish'd by the ancients and moderns. Compiled from notes and remarks of Jethro Tull Esq. by William Benson Esq. To which is prefixed a dedication to the Rt. Honble the Lord Townshend, containing a discourse on sainfoin and luzern. And a preface relating to all the modern English writers on husbandry by the same hand.
Jethro Tull (1674-1741)
Category
Books
Date
1733
Materials
Place of origin
England
Collection
Stourhead, Wiltshire
NT 3136728
Summary
Bibliographic description
65, [3], 39, [5], 196, [2], 71, [1], 17, [1] p. . fol.. Manuscript ['Transcript?]. Provenance: Entered in 1906 typescript Stourhead Library catalogue: p. 579, C.9. Binding: Half calf, marbled-paper boards, five raised bands. - Paper with armorial crowned watermark in Latin and Dutch 'Vryheyt'.
Makers and roles
Jethro Tull (1674-1741) William Benson