The Rural Economy of Glocestershire - 1796 - Antique British History Book

The Rural Economy of Glocestershire - 1796 - Antique British History BookThe Rural Economy Of Glocestershire; Including Its Dairy: Together With The Dairy Management Of North Wiltshire ; And The Management Of Orchards And Fruit Liquor, In HerefordshireBy Mr MarshallSecond Edition In 2 Volumes (This Being Volume 2 Only)Printed for G. Nicol, Bookseller To His Majesty; Pall Mall: London 1796Heavy wear to cover and spine as shown with the front cover and endpapers detached and the rear cover hinge split and fragile but cover still attached. Old tape reinforcement to front endpapers with a contemporary signature. From title page to end of book, binding is good with no loose pages. Some light staining to some pages apparent with example shown interspersed with clean pages. An ideal candidate for professional repair to re-attach front cover. Please study photos to understand condition. Happy to provide more photos on request.Size 21.5cm x 14cm x 3cm

1796 The Rural Economy Glocestershire Mr Marshall Antique British History Book

The Rural Economy Of Glocestershire; Including Its Dairy: Together With The Dairy Management Of North Wiltshire ; And The Management Of Orchards And Fruit Liquor, In Herefordshire

By Mr Marshall

Second Edition In 2 Volumes (This Being Volume 2 Only)

Printed for G. Nicol Bookseller To His Majesty: London 1796

" Published in 1796, The Rural Economy of Gloucestershire by William Marshall is a cornerstone of 18th-century English agricultural literature, documenting in meticulous detail the farming practices, dairying systems, and orchard management of the western counties. This second edition, Volume II only, continues Marshall's empirical survey of Gloucestershire and its neighbouring districts, focusing on dairy production in North Wiltshire and the cider-making and fruit cultivation traditions of Herefordshire. Drawing upon field observation and correspondence with local farmers, Marshall records regional methods, soil conditions, livestock breeding, and market practices, offering an invaluable snapshot of rural life before the widespread effects of industrialisation.

A leading figure in the early agricultural improvement movement, Marshall wrote with both scientific precision and human sympathy. His accounts go beyond technical manuals, reflecting a broader social and environmental awareness — one that recognised the interdependence of land, labour, and community. The work captures the rhythm of pre-mechanised rural England, blending descriptive naturalism with early agrarian economics, and showing why Marshall was later regarded as a precursor to both the agricultural reformers and the rural sociologists of the 19th century.

This 1796 second-edition volume, printed for G. Nicol, Bookseller to His Majesty, stands as a landmark in Georgian agricultural writing. It will appeal to collectors of early English farming texts, historians of rural industry, and readers interested in the evolution of Britain's agricultural practices and regional economies at the dawn of the modern age."

Heavy wear to cover and spine as shown with the front cover and endpapers detached and the rear cover hinge split and fragile but cover still attached. Old tape reinforcement to front endpapers with a contemporary signature. From title page to end of book, binding is good with no loose pages. Some light staining to some pages apparent with example shown interspersed with clean pages. An ideal candidate for professional repair to re-attach front cover. Please study photos to understand condition.