FEN SKETCHES: Being a Description of the Alluvial District Known as The Great Level of the Fens, with A Brief History of its Progressive Improvements in Drainage and Agriculture.
London: Hall, Virtue & Co., 25, paternoster Row. MDCCCLII [1852]. First Edition (& 1st printing). Duodecimo, original reddish-brown cloth decorated in blind on front & rear covers, spine lettered in gilt, yellow coated endpapers. 271 pp. Pencil name on front endpaper, plus a small Bookseller's Ticket "John Britnell Bookseller/ 280 Younge Street., Toronto, Canada / Upwards of 100,000 volumes of the best Old European Booksin Stock. Frequent consignments from our depot in London., Eng. Catalogues Monthly". Cloth worn at head & heel of spine panel and a bit along the edges. Item #313529
¶ Geology, topography, alluvial deposits, hypotheses regarding fen alluvials, Roman remains, The great level as a forest, the great level in Saxon times, changes to river courses, attempted projects, drainage and obstreperous behaviour of the fenmen, agriculture after general draiage, beginning of mill drainage, progress of agricultual science, sheep and cattle, farming 50 years ago, enclosures from the wash, modern husbandry.
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