Essays on Husbandry. Essay I. A General Introduction; Shewing That Agriculture is the Basis and...
Five engraved plates & numerous attractive woodcuts in the text. xviii, [4], 213, 232 pp. 8vo, cont. calf (lower joint with an unimportant crack, one corner a trifle worn), spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: J. Hinton et al., 1764.
First edition. “A far more outstanding piece of work was written by the Rev. Walter Harte but issued without a signature…Lord Chesterfield wrote of him in the highest terms and Johnson admired his companionable talents…Much of the Essays in Husbandry is general discussion, and Harte displays a wide acquaintance with the extensive literature of his subject, both... More