A Treatise On Watering Meadows. Wherein Are Shewn Some Of The Many Advantages Arising From That Mode Of Practice, Particularly On Course, Boggy, Or Barren Lands. With Four Copper Plates ; [Bound with] Elements Of Agriculture And Vegetation. By George Fordyce, MD. Of the Royal College of Physicians; Physician to St. Thomas's Hospital; and Reader on the Practice of Physic, in London. The Second Edition. To Which Is Added, An Appendix For The Use Of Practical Farmers.
London: Printed for the Author; and sold by J. Almon, in Piccadilly ; Printed For J. Johnson, No. 72, St. Paul's Church-yard. 1779; 1771. 1st Edition ; 2nd Edition. 1/2 Calf. 8º, 20cm.; [ii], 108pp + errata; [i], 100pp. + appendix and plates.; 4 pls.; 3 pls.; gilt title to spine compartment in red leather label; all foldout plates accounted for and complete; marbled paper-covered boards toned and rubbed, hinges starting, but all cords holding.; contemporary title in ms. on fr. flyleaf;. Good. Item #75
The first book on water-meadows. (Fussell).
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![A Treatise On Watering Meadows. Wherein Are Shewn Some Of The Many Advantages Arising From That Mode Of Practice, Particularly On Course, Boggy, Or Barren Lands. With Four Copper Plates ; [Bound with] Elements Of Agriculture And Vegetation. By George Fordyce, MD. Of the Royal College of Physicians; Physician to St. Thomas's Hospital; and Reader on the Practice of Physic, in London. The Second Edition. To Which Is Added, An Appendix For The Use Of Practical Farmers.](https://lascelles-and-sons.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/75_2.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1612666710)
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![A Treatise On Watering Meadows. Wherein Are Shewn Some Of The Many Advantages Arising From That Mode Of Practice, Particularly On Course, Boggy, Or Barren Lands. With Four Copper Plates ; [Bound with] Elements Of Agriculture And Vegetation. By George Fordyce, MD. Of the Royal College of Physicians; Physician to St. Thomas's Hospital; and Reader on the Practice of Physic, in London. The Second Edition. To Which Is Added, An Appendix For The Use Of Practical Farmers.](https://lascelles-and-sons.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/75_5.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1612666710)
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![A Treatise On Watering Meadows. Wherein Are Shewn Some Of The Many Advantages Arising From That Mode Of Practice, Particularly On Course, Boggy, Or Barren Lands. With Four Copper Plates ; [Bound with] Elements Of Agriculture And Vegetation. By George Fordyce, MD. Of the Royal College of Physicians; Physician to St. Thomas's Hospital; and Reader on the Practice of Physic, in London. The Second Edition. To Which Is Added, An Appendix For The Use Of Practical Farmers.](https://lascelles-and-sons.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/75_7.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1612666710)
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![A Treatise On Watering Meadows. Wherein Are Shewn Some Of The Many Advantages Arising From That Mode Of Practice, Particularly On Course, Boggy, Or Barren Lands. With Four Copper Plates ; [Bound with] Elements Of Agriculture And Vegetation. By George Fordyce, MD. Of the Royal College of Physicians; Physician to St. Thomas's Hospital; and Reader on the Practice of Physic, in London. The Second Edition. To Which Is Added, An Appendix For The Use Of Practical Farmers.](https://lascelles-and-sons.cdn.bibliopolis.com/pictures/75_10.jpeg?width=320&height=427&fit=bounds&auto=webp&v=1612666710)