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Rural oeconomy, or, Essays on the practical parts of husbandry : designed to explain several of the most important methods of conducting farms of various kinds including many useful hints to gentlemen farmers relative to the oeconomical management of their business ; to which is added, The rural Socrates, being memoirs of a country philosopher / by the author of the farmer's letters.

Author/creator Young, Arthur, 1741-1820
Other author/creatorHirzel, Hans Caspar, 1725-1803. Wirthschaft eines philosophischen Bauers. English.
Format Electronic and Book
Publication InfoLondon : Printed for T. Becket, 1770.
Description4 unnumbered pages, 520 pages ; 22 cm (8vo)
Subject(s)
Variant title Rural oeconomy
Variant title Essays on the practical parts of husbandry
General noteWritten by Arthur Young. Cf. NUC pre-1956.
General note"The rural Socrates," a translation by Arthur Young of the French version of Hans Kaspar Hirzel's Wirthschaft eines philosphischen Bauers is on p. [377]-477. Cf. ESTC.
General noteVerso of t.p. (p. [4] at front) blank.
General noteThe rural Socrates refers to Jakob Gujer, known as Kliyogg.
General noteReproduction of original from Goldsmiths' Library, University of London.
General noteGoldsmiths'-Kress no. 10638.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Thomson Gale, 2005. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited to licensing agreements.
LCCNnuc87827521

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