The Gentleman Farmer. Being an Attempt to Improve Agriculture, by Subjecting it to the Test of Rational Principles.
Edinburgh: W. Creech and T. Cadell. 1776. Edition: First Edition. , Binding: Full calf boards. Spine with 5 raised bands, lacking label in 2nd compartment. Front and bottom edges light red., Notes: Period ownership inked on front pastedown, crossed out.
Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696–1782) was a Scottish writer, philosopher, and judge who played a major role in Scotland’s Agricultural Revolution. A central figure of the Scottish Enlightenment he was a founding member of the Philosophical Society of Edinburgh and active in The Select Society. Home acted as patron to some of the most influential thinkers of the Scottish Enlightenment, including philosopher David Hue, economist Adam Smith, writer James Boswell, philosopher William Cullen and naturalist John Walker.
, Size: 8vo.(210 x 130 mm), Illustration: A very good example. Includes 3 engraved plates, numbered. Author name inked on title (spelled “Lord Kaimes”). , Pages: P. Title. Blank. Pp. iii-xxiv. Pp. 1-409. Blank. Publisher’s ads (2). Plates (3)., Category: Book Farming & Agriculture;. Joints split. Slight worming to last leaves affecting plates/text, slight offsetting, else interior generally clean and bright. Front free endpaper with section cut away at top right. Item #B7061
Price: $175.00