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Campania foelix. Or, A discourse of the benefits and improvements of husbandry: : containing directions for all manner of tillage, pasturage, and plantation; as also for the making of cyder and perry. With some considerations upon I. Justices of the peace, and inferior officers. II. On inns and alehouses. III. On servants and labourers. IV. On the poor. To which are added, two essays: I. Of a country-house. II. Of the fuel of London

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: 1700.
Call number: 204721
Creator: Nourse, Timothy (-1699)(Opens in new tab)
Dimensions: 8vo
Associated people: Gucht, Michael van der, (1660-1725.)
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