The Farmer's Letters to the People of England: containing the Sentiments of a Practical Husbandman...
3 p.l., 482 pp. 8vo, cont. speckled calf (upper joint expertly repaired), single gilt fillet round sides, spine gilt, red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: W. Nicoll, 1768.
“The second edition, corrected and enlarged” of Young’s first book. “The book supported the bounty on the export of corn and introduced some of his enduring themes: the cultivation of waste lands, enclosure as a preliminary to improvement, and the superiority of large farms.”–ODNB.
“The energy, the enthusiasm, the ambition and the insatiable curiosity of the youthful Arthur Young launched him…into a career of farm reporting (and later, of the administration... More