TULL, Jethro (1674-1741)]. The New Horse-Houghing Husbandry: or, An Essay on the Principles of Tillage and Vegetation . London: Printed for the Author, 1731. The rare first edition of a pioneering work on agricultural methods, preceding the unauthorized edition which appeared in Dublin later that same year. Tull’s revolutionary seed drill allowed for the controlled distribution of wheat seed, laying the foundation ‘for mechanizing and rationalizing the growth of crops’ (PMM). His methods were a hugely important influence on the agricultural revolution — according to McDonald, they amount to ‘the greatest improvements’ that have been introduced ‘into the modern practice of tillage’. McDonald p.208-209; PMM 188. Quarto (228 x 174mm). Woodcut head- and tailpieces, initials (some light spotting, I1 and I2 lightly stained, faint waterstaining in lower margin of signatures R-X). Contemporary calf, rebacked to style (lightly soiled, extremities slightly rubbed). Provenance : William Charles de Meuron, Earl Fitzwilliam (1872-1943; bookplate on front pastedown).
TULL, Jethro (1674-1741)]. The New Horse-Houghing Husbandry: or, An Essay on the Principles of Tillage and Vegetation . London: Printed for the Author, 1731. The rare first edition of a pioneering work on agricultural methods, preceding the unauthorized edition which appeared in Dublin later that same year. Tull’s revolutionary seed drill allowed for the controlled distribution of wheat seed, laying the foundation ‘for mechanizing and rationalizing the growth of crops’ (PMM). His methods were a hugely important influence on the agricultural revolution — according to McDonald, they amount to ‘the greatest improvements’ that have been introduced ‘into the modern practice of tillage’. McDonald p.208-209; PMM 188. Quarto (228 x 174mm). Woodcut head- and tailpieces, initials (some light spotting, I1 and I2 lightly stained, faint waterstaining in lower margin of signatures R-X). Contemporary calf, rebacked to style (lightly soiled, extremities slightly rubbed). Provenance : William Charles de Meuron, Earl Fitzwilliam (1872-1943; bookplate on front pastedown).
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