The journal of the Royal Agricultural Society of England.
Royal Agricultural Society of England
Category
Books
Date
1890 - 1900
Materials
Place of origin
London
Collection
Oxburgh Hall, Norfolk
NT 3231523
Summary
Bibliographic description
v. : ill., maps, plans ; 8vo. Holdings: vols. 1-11 (1890-1900) only. Note of selected contents handwritten on spines. Pencil marking on contents lists in vols. 1, 2, 9. Occasional pencil text marking and underlining in vols.1, 4, 6-9. Manuscript annotation in vol. 8 (p. 56) referring to experience at Ryston Hall. Ephemera: loosely inserted in vol. 4: printed page of evidence given to Royal Commission on Agriculture on 5 April, 1895, headed in pencil "Re. Land Tax", with pencil inscription: "G E Pratt" and pencil notes at foot of text on verso. Pencil note tipped in in vol. 7 with name and address of supplier of "medicine for rotten sheep". Provenance: blue pencil inscription on verso of frontispiece in vol. 3: "G E Pratt". Armorial bookplate (not in Franks) on front pastedown of vol. 8: 'Ryston Hall / Downham'. Pencil inscription on front free endpaper of vol. 8: "G E Pratt". Binding: late nineteenth-century/early twentieth-century full publisher's green cloth; gilt-lettered.
Makers and roles
Royal Agricultural Society of England