1718 JW John Worlidge 18th Century Husbandry Gardening Cider Wines Fruit Trees

Description: You are looking at an original early 18th century book in a contemporary full leather binding - as described The System of Husbandry and Gardening:or the gentleman and husbandman's companionshewingI. Many excellent and curious observations and new experiments relating to husbandry and fruit-trees.II.Of meadow pasture and arrable lands; and the several ways of their improvement.III. The benefit of raising planting and propagating of woods.IV. of fruit-trees and garden tillage, and the most expeditious way of propagating fruit-trees.V. A treatise on the best and most popular rules for making sider [sic] rasberry, currant and apricot wines and Mum.VI. An essay towards the discovery of the original of fountains and springs; with five copper draughts curiously engrav'd.Part the Secondby J. W. Gent. [John Worlidge]London printed for J Wotton at the three-daggers in Fleet Street 1718lii [52] + 191 + errata + plates, [continuously paginated though it does have two title pages]measures 115mm x 195mm In the contents there are sections on, of the making of cordage, of the making of paper, of several sorts of beast fowls and insects kept for the advantage and use of the husbandman, to make the best butter and cheese, to destroy snakes and adders, etc.etc. In the contents of the treatise on sider [cider] there are sections on, an error in making currant wine corrected, to make apricock [sic] wine, to make rasberry wine, of making chocolate, of making of coffee, of tea etc etc. Apparently this 'second part' is scarce with 1 example I could trace on Worldcat; Gunston Hall Plantation VA United States. None in current commerce online.This copy being unique with some contemporary marginal annotation. Thank you for looking sold with flaws described / shownany questions please ask before bidding

Price: 349.99 GBP

Location: Whitehaven, Cumbria

End Time: 2025-01-16T12:35:21.000Z

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