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Morton, John Lockhart
THE RESOURCES OF ESTATES : BEING A TREATISE ON THE AGRICULTURAL IMPROVEMENT AND GENERAL MANAGEMENT OF LANDED PROPERTY
Publisher: Longman, Brown, Green, Longmans and Roberts, London;
Edition: 1st Edition
Date of Publication: 1858
Stock Code: 462
FIRST EDITION. Xii, 647 pp. Sympathetically recased using original boards & spine in embossed & blind stamped green cloth. Illustrated - 12 plates showing costed farm plans ( of which 10 are double-page spreads) plus 12 companion double-page Isometrical Views showing the farms in a landscape setting. Spine sunned with skilfully repaired split and with 2 cm cloth insert at head above original cloth. Endpapers renewed otherwise all original. Sporadic foxing largely to page edges and endpapers. Handwritten name & date to half-title. In very good condition overall. The first and only edition of this valuable reference work which covers all aspects of estate management including soil improvement, crop rotation, farm buildings, the law of entail and many other fascinating subjects too diverse to mention. A very scarce copy - as far as we know it's the only one currently on sale. £160.00