The Rural Economy of Glocestershire; including its Dairy: together with the Dairy Management of North...
One folding engraved map. xxviii, 332 pp., [4] pp. of ads; iv, 401 pp., [11] pp. Two vols. 8vo, orig. cloth-backed blue boards, paper labels on spines, uncut. Gloucester: R. Raikes for G. Nicol, 1789.
First edition and a lovely set in fresh original condition. Marshall (1745-1818), wrote a series of studies of farming in various English countries published between 1787 and 1798. The two volumes on Gloucester were the fifth and sixth of the eventual twelve volume series.
“Modern agricultural historians have generally held that Marshall’s works on English farming are superior to those of his rival, Arthur Young... More