The farmer's magazine, and useful family companion. [electronic resource] : Consisting of practical...
The farmer's magazine, and useful family companion. [electronic resource] : Consisting of practical essays, ... on the different branches of husbandry, ... A miscellaneous collection of valuable family receipts, ... Useful hints and curious observations ... By Agricola Sylvan, gentleman.
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Publisher
[London, England] : Printed for R. Snagg, no. 129, Fleet-Street, London; and R. Cruttwell, in Bath; and sold by every bookseller, stationer, and news-carrier, in the kingdom, MDCCLXXVI. [1776-1780]
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Date
MDCCLXXVI. [1776-1780]
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Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
5 v., plates (some fold.) : ill., tables ; 20 cm (8°)
Frequency
Annual (Collected issues)
Contents
Volume I. [[April 1776]-number X. (January 1777)]-[volume V. (January-December 1780)]
Publication information
Publisher
[London, England] : Printed for R. Snagg, no. 129, Fleet-Street, London; and R. Cruttwell, in Bath; and sold by every bookseller, stationer, and news-carrier, in the kingdom, MDCCLXXVI. [1776-1780]
Other editions
Frequency
Annual (Collected issues)
Performers
Collected slightly irregularly: vol. I includes 10 issues; vol. II includes 11 issues; vols. III-V include 12 issues for the calendar year.
First monthly issue lacks designation, as do monthly issues for 1777 and Jan.-Feb. 1778.
From March 1778 monthly issues have chronological designations.
Monthly issues include volume numbers on direction line.
Volumes lack chronological designation....
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
MDCCLXXVI. [1776-1780]
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Access Conditions
Available for use in the Library. Available from home to registered NSW residents.
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Alternative Titles
Full title
The farmer's magazine, and useful family companion. [electronic resource] : Consisting of practical essays, ... on the different branches of husbandry, ... A miscellaneous collection of valuable family receipts, ... Useful hints and curious observations ... By Agricola Sylvan, gentleman.
Caption title
The farmer's magazine.
Portion of title
Farmer's magazine.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
'Agricola Sylvan' is a pseudonym.
Articles on farming and rural life, including information on world wide agricultural practices, country by country, with specific advice on crops, new machinery, and costs and profits. Includes poetry selections, reivews of new books, occasional correspondence.
Tables show weather, crop yields, prices, farm expenses....
Citation / References Note
ESTC P6021.
Crane & Kaye, 234.
NCBEL, II:1305.
Times handlist, p. 44.
Additional physical form availability note
Also available in microfilm held offsite at RAV/FM4/51.
Reproduction note
Electronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Cengage Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.
Related to
Another edition with re-issued title pages has imprints reading: C. Dilly, in the Poultry and R. Cruttwell, Bath.
Collects, with added prefatory material, monthly issues of: The farmer's magazine, and useful family companion.
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Record Identifier
74VvroaNwPpb
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvroaNwPpb
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MMS ID
991011396419702626
