CULLYER, John
| Title | The Gentleman & Farmer's Assistant; containing first, Tables for Finding the Content of any Piece of Land, from Dimensions taken in Yards. Second, Tables, Shewing the Width required for an Acre, in any Square Piece of Land, From One to Five Hundred Yards in Length. Third, Tables, Shewing the Number of Loads that will Manure an Acre of Land, By knowing the Distance of the Heaps. Fourth, A Table for Measuring Thatcher’s Work from 1 to 64 Feet Long, & from 1 to 25 Feet High. The Ninth Edition. |
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| Publisher | Norwich Printed by and for Stevenson, Matchett and Stevenson and Scatcherd and Letterman, Ave-Maria-Lane, Lo |
| Date | [1818] |
| Book ID | 38746 |
Description
Small square 12mo. (sigs. in sixes). 12 x 14 cm. Original full calf,. Half-title dated 1818, John Cullyer’s own signature in ink to Preface p. 7. (A4r|). 150 pp. plus [vi]pp advertisements. Many full page tables and diagrams in-text. Amusing contemporary note in pencil to f.e.p. “Borrowed of Mr Chas Palmer 7 Febry 1843 to be returned at my Leisure Ely (?)”. Many pencil sums to rear endpapers.
A very nice tight copy, crisp and clean internally. Leather in good condition, just a trifle rubbed at board edges, leading joint starting faintly.
The ‘Anti-Jacobin’ Review for March, 1799 is quoted as saying “we... therefore recommend it as a valuable acquisition...”.This edition slightly larger than earlier ones.
Price:
£85.00
