Marshall, William

Minutes, Experiments, Observations, and General Remarks on Agriculture, in the Southern Counties;

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for G. Nicol; G.G. and J. Robinson; and J. Debrett London 1799 A New Edition. To which is Prefixed a Sketch of The Vale of London, and an Outline of its Rural Economy: Now First Published. Double-page engraved map, five further double-page plates and a folding table. Two volumes. 8vo. [220 x 134 x 64 mm]. xxiii, [i], 414, [2] pp; xi, [i], 387, [5] pp. Bound in contemporary tree calf, smooth spines divided into six panels by a gilt fillet, lettered in the second panel on a red goatskin label and numbered in the fourth on a circular red label, plain edges, blue sprinkled edges. With a leaf of advertisements at the end of vol.1. A fine copy. A substantially reworked version of two titles published in 1778 and 1779, together with a new section of the Vale of London. William Marshall was one of the most important agricultural writers of the time. In the early 1790's he suggested the formation of a Department of Rural Affairs, and a national survey of farming, but both ideas were appropriated by Sir John Sinclair. Later critcs tend to find Marshall's writings less appealing than those of Arthur Young, from a purely literary point of view, but superior in many ways with regard to careful observation and practical advice.

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