The modern improvements in agriculture : containing the principles of tillage and vegetation, and present practice of the most skilful husbandmen, ... Likewise the most approved methods of watering land, ... By Mr. Forbes.
| Author/creator | Forbes, Francis |
| Format | Electronic |
| Edition | A new edition, complete in one volume. |
| Publication Info | London : printed for T. Evans; J. Debrett; J. Ogilvy; and T. Vernor, 1784. |
| Description | 2 unnumbered pages, vii, 1 unnumbered page, 324, 2 unnumbered pages, 235, that is, 325 pages-487, 3 unnumbered pages, 489-654, 2 unnumbered pages, plates ; 8⁰. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text online |
| General note | A reissue, with a collective titlepage, of a work published anonymously in 1774 in four parts. |
| General note | Parts 1, 3-4 have separate titlepages, reading: 'The modern improvements in agriculture. .. By a practiser of both the old and new husbandry [i.e. Francis Forbes], London: printed for J. Wilkie'. |
| General note | Part 1 is dated 1774, parts 3-4, 1776. |
| General note | Pagination and register are continuous. |
| General note | With an errata leaf to part 1 following p.158. |
| General note | P.325 misnumbered 235. |
| General note | With a final advertisement leaf for J. Wilkie. |
| General note | Reproduction of original from the British Library. |
| References | English Short Title Catalog, ESTCT122807. |
| Reproduction note | Joyner- Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2003. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements |
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