1. Add MS 56378
- Reference (shelfmark):
- Add MS 56378
- Title:
- EDWARD KING: 'Agriculture; or Drill-Husbandry'; 1744. Probably auto-graph fair copy, with revisions. Latin and English. Probably Edward King of Bromley, Kent, identified from arms (f. iii). See also A Visitation of the County of Kent, ed. G. J. Armytage (1906), Harleian Society no. 54, p. 91 and Venn, Alumni Cantabrigienses, i (1924), iii, pp. 17, 18. Many of the technical details in the text are taken from Jethro Tull, The Horse-Hoing Husbandry (2nd edn. 1743). Armorial bookplate, imperfect...
- Scope & Content:
- Poetry LATIN: Agriculture: Poetry ENGLISH: Edward King, of Bromley, county Kent: 'Agriculture; or Drill-Husbandry' by Edward King: 1744: Autogr(?). includes: f. iii Bookplates and Book-stamps: Heraldry: Edward King, of Bromley, county Kent: Armorial bookplate of Edward King: circa 1744: Impe...
- Collection Area:
- Western Manuscripts
- Languages:
- English
- Date Range:
- 1738-1744
- Extent:
- 1 item