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Young, Arthur (1741-1820)37
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Field Book 1779

1779?

Contains accounts of receipts and payments with indication of balance of profit or loss, field by field, in respect of livestock, oats, and various other payments, with final balance in profit

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Commonplace book belonging to Thomas Eskricke

Eskricke, Thomas

c.1710-c.1748

Contains mainly veterinary preparations, but also notes on farming, as follows: (1) ff.1-15, veterinary preparations, ca.1710-ca.1748; (2) ff.24-19 (inverted), mathematical examples; (3) f.18v, sundry...

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Essays on the spirit of legislation : in the encouragement of agriculture, population, manufactures, and commerce. Tr. from the original French, which gained the premiums offered by the society of Berne, in Switzerland, for the best compositions on this subject

Bertrand, Jean (1708-1777); Carrard, Benjamin Samuel Georges (1740-); Seigneux de Correvon, Gabriel (1776)

1772

The first essay is by Jean Bertrand, the second by Benjamin Carrard, and the third by Gabriel Seigneux de Correvon.

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Scriptores rei rusticae veteres latini Cato, Varro, Columella, Palladius. Quibus nunc accedit Vegetius De mulo-medicina et Gargilii Martialis fragmentum. Cum editionibus prope omnibus et mss. pluribus collati. Adjectae notae virorum clariss. integrae tum editae tum ineditae et lexicon rei rusticae (v.1)

Marcus Porcius Cato; Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus; Palladius Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus; Varro, Marcus Terentius; Gesner, Johann Matthias (1691-1761); Gargilius Martialis, Quintus; Vegetius Renatus, Publius

1735

Title of vol.2 varies.

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Scriptores rei rusticae veteres latini Cato, Varro, Columella, Palladius. Quibus nunc accedit Vegetius De mulo-medicina et Gargilii Martialis fragmentum. Cum editionibus prope omnibus et mss. pluribus collati. Adjectae notae virorum clariss. integrae tum editae tum ineditae et lexicon rei rusticae (v.1)

Marcus Porcius Cato; Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus; Varro, Marcus Terentius; Palladius Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus; Gesner, Johann Matthias (1691-1761); Ernesti, Johann August (1707-1781); Gargilius Martialis, Quintus; Vegetius Renatus, Publius

1773-74

Engraved title vignettes. Title of vol.2 varies slightly. Gesner's edition [1735] revised by Johann Augustus Ernesti.

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Scriptores rei rusticae veteres latini Cato, Varro, Columella, Palladius. Quibus nunc accedit Vegetius De mulo-medicina et Gargilii Martialis fragmentum. Cum editionibus prope omnibus et mss. pluribus collati. Adjectae notae virorum clariss. integrae tum editae tum ineditae et lexicon rei rusticae (v.2)

Marcus Porcius Cato; Columella, Lucius Junius Moderatus; Varro, Marcus Terentius; Palladius Rutilius Taurus Aemilianus; Gesner, Johann Matthias (1691-1761); Ernesti, Johann August (1707-1781); Gargilius Martialis, Quintus; Vegetius Renatus, Publius

1773-74

Engraved title vignettes. Title of vol.2 varies slightly. Gesner's edition [1735] revised by Johann Augustus Ernesti.

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