Research Catalog

Title

A treatise on watering meadows : wherein are shewn some of the many advantages arising from that mode of practice, particularly on coarse, boggy, or barren lands, and the method of performing the work : also remarks on a late pamphlet upon that subject : illustrated with five copper-plates.

Author

Boswell, George.

Publication

London : Printed for J. Debrett, opposite Burlington-House, Piccadilly, 1792.

Details

Found In

nnac Pamphlets on agriculture. (CStRLIN)NYPG95-B5063

Description

xvi, 134, [2] p., [5] folded leaves of plates : ill.; 21 cm. (8vo)

Subjects

• Irrigation engineering > Early works to 1800
• Meadows > Irrigation > Early works to 1800

Note

• Signatures: [a]⁴ b⁴ B-S⁴.
• Dedication signed: George Boswell.
• The ill. consist of 5 engraved plans on 4 folded leaves and 1 engraving depicting irrigation machinery.
• "Directions to the bookbinder for placing the plates": p. [135].

Indexed In (note)

• Goldsmiths' Lib. cat.

Call Number

Arents 95-268 no. 6

LCCN

06026270 //r932

OCLC

NYPG95-B4442

Author

Boswell, George.

Title

A treatise on watering meadows : wherein are shewn some of the many advantages arising from that mode of practice, particularly on coarse, boggy, or barren lands, and the method of performing the work : also remarks on a late pamphlet upon that subject : illustrated with five copper-plates.

Imprint

London : Printed for J. Debrett, opposite Burlington-House, Piccadilly, 1792.

Edition

Third edition, with many additions.

Indexed In:

Goldsmiths' Lib. cat., 15098

Local Note

No. 6 in a vol. with binder's title: Pamphlets on agriculture.

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Found In:

nnac Pamphlets on agriculture. (CStRLIN)NYPG95-B5063

Research Call Number

Arents 95-268 no. 6