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Record Id:
032-002000673
Hierarchy Root Ancestor Record Id:
032-002000673
MDARK:
ark:/81055/vdc_100000000036.0x000373
LARK:
SLARK:
Format:
ISAD(G)
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, of Edward King, f. iii. The volume was formerly in the Patent Office Library, where it was numbered 'V 42 8 1'. Patent Office Library stamps (ff. ii, iii verso, ix) and cataloguing slip (f. iv). Transferred from the Department of Printed Books, September 1970.

Paper; ff. ix+104. 304 x 243mm. Binding of green quarter calf on boards by James Truscott & Son 'Contractor for Bookbinding to H. M. Government' (label inside back cover, f. ix). Patent Office Library labels on spine and at foot of front cover 'V', '42', '8' and '1'. Spine lettered in gilt 'Agriculture / King / 1744'.

Contents:

1. ff. 1, 2. Title pages.

2. f. 3. Sheet titled 'An Instrument for Plowing, Sowing, & harrowing, at one draught wth one horse', by Edward King; 1738. Printed. 'Printed from ye invention & design of Edward King Esqr. Proprietor of this Print. Feb: 10th 1737/8' and subscribed 'Parr Sculp', either Nathaniel or Remigius Parr.

3. ff. 5-22v. Preface in English prose.

4. ff. 23v, 24. Commendatory verses by Griffith Lloyd, Master of Harsnett's School, Chigwell. Latin and English.

5. ff. 27v-81. 'Agriculture; or Drill-Husbandry'. The main work, comprising 629 Latin hexameters in the manner of Virgil's 'Georgics' (ff. 27v-76v, versos only), is accompanied by a parallel version in 777 lines of English blank verse (ff. 28-77, rectos only), and is provided with annotations. The annotations continue on rectos only to f. 81.

6. ff. 87v-93. Three separate passages comprising (ff. 87v-92v) 51 lines of Latin and (ff. 88-93) 65 lines of corresponding English verse marked for insertion in the main text.

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: Imperf.
  • f. 3 Agriculture: Art. Engravings, etc: Edward King, of Bromley, county Kent: Parr, engraver: Printed Matter: 'An Instrument for Plowing. . .' by Edward King, engraved by — Parr: 1738: Printed.
  • ff. 23v, 24 Poetry LATIN: Poetry ENGLISH: Griffith Lloyd, Master of Harsnett's School, Chigwell, county Essex: Verses by Griffith Lloyd: bef. 1744: Copies.

Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Project / Collection:
Additional Manuscripts
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Hierarchy Record Ids:
032-002000673
Is part of:
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Hierarchy:
032-002000673
Container:
not applicable
Record Type (Level):
Fonds
Extent:
1 item
Digitised Content:
Languages:
English
Scripts:
Latin
Start Date:
1738
End Date:
1744
Date Range:
1738-1744
Era:
CE
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Custodial History:

patent Office Library: Owned, bef. 1970.

Material Type:
Archives and Manuscripts
Legal Status:
Not Public Record(s)
Names:
King, Edward, of Bromley Kent
Lloyd, Griffith, Master of Harsnett's School Chigwell Essex
Parr, —, engraver
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