to the Royal Society. By J. Evelyn, Esq; F.R.S. With Notes by A. Hunter, M.D. F.R.S.
York: Printed by
A. Ward, for
J. Dodsley,
T. Cadell,
J. Robson,
R. Baldwin,
London;
J. Todd,
York,
1787.
4to. 48 leaves, 1 folded leaf with printed table, engraved plate of the
Tartarian Lamb by J. Halfpenny; the last four leaves contain the publisher’s announcement of a new edition of Mr. Evelyn’s
Silva
, this day published.
Lowndes II, page 767.
Keynes 98.
This edition not in McDonald.
This book was ordered by Jefferson from
Stockdale, in a letter to him from Paris, July 1, 1787: “
Evelyn’s terra by Hunter. Dodsley 1787
5/-.
”
It is listed on Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue, without price.
Evelyn’s
Terra was one of the books recommended by Jefferson for purchase for the Library of Congress to W. C. Nicholas, December 16, 1809.
This work, first published in 1676 with the title
A Philosophical Discourse of Earth . . . was read to the Royal Society on April 29 and May 13, 1675. The invitation from the Royal Society, and Evelyn’s answer are
printed at the beginning of the volume.
This is the first edition edited by Alexander Hunter, 1729-1809, physician, a native of Edinburgh, and was published simultaneously
with his second edition of Silva, as announced at the end of the book, with 9 pages containing
the only Notes of consequence added to the present impression.
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Mills’s Chemical elements of agriculture.
12
mo.
1815 Catalogue, page 32. no. 5, as above.
GYLLENBORG,
Gustavus Adolphus, count.
The Natural and Chemical Elements of Agriculture. Translated from the
Latin of Count Gustavus Adolphus Gyllenborg; By John Mills, Esq; F.R.S. Member of the Royal Societies of Agriculture at Paris and Rouen, of the Oeconomical Society of Berne, and of
the Palatine Academy of Sciences and Belles-Lettres . . .
London: Printed for
John Bell, and
C. Etherington at
York,
1770.
First Edition of this translation. 12mo. 108 leaves: a
8, A-H
12, I
4, errata slip pasted down on the back of the title; publisher’s advertisements on the last leaf.
Not in Lowndes.
Not in Bradley.
Haller II, 320.
Entered on Jefferson’s undated manuscript catalogue, with the price,
1/6.
Count Gustavus Adolphus Gyllenborg, 1743-1789, Swedish writer, notary, banker, etc.
The dedication of this translation to the Earl of Hillsborough is dated from Whitehall, October 10th, 1770.
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Young’s travels.
2. v.
8
vo.
1815 Catalogue, page 33. no. 32a, as above.
YOUNG,
Arthur.
Travels during the years 1787, 1788 and 1789, undertaken more particularly with a View of ascertaining the Cultivation, Wealth,
Resources, and National Prosperity of the Kingdom of France. To which is added, the Register of a Tour into Spain. By Arthur Young, Esq. F.R.S. . . . In
Two Volumes. Vol. I [-II].
Dublin: Printed for Messrs.
R. Cross,
P. Wogan,
L. White,
P. Byrne [and others],
1793.
DC25 .Y68
