LOUDON ((John Claudius). Encyclopaedia of Agriculture; Comprising the Theory and Practice of the Valuation, Transfer, Laying Out, Improvement, and Management of Landed Property; and the Cultivation and Economy of the Animal and Vegetable Productions of Agriculture, Including All the latest Improvements; a General History of Agriculture in all Countries; and a Statistical View of its Present State, with Suggestions for its Future Progress in the British Isles.1825

London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, First edition, thick 8vo, 16 (adverts), xvi, 1226, [2, adverts]pp., woodcut illustrs., in the text, original vellum-backed marbled boards, spine and lower board detached. Provenance: Early book stamp of John Pryor; small oval stamp of the Lawes Agriculture Library, Rothamsted Research Institute.