A history of British implements and machinery a…

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4to., Plain brown boards, manuscript paper spine spine label. 28.6×23.5 x2.3 cm. Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, & Browne. London. 1811. vi, [2], 224, [4] pages. Protrait frontis, 7 [0f 8] engraved p[lates, some folding. Good, covers worn and scuffed, ex-library with stamp and call number on title page, lacks plate number 4 and front free endpaper. A scarce treatise on the developing agriculture technology in Britain in the early nineteenth century. Lester was an engineer and manufacturer of implements. This volume describes and illustrates several of his inventions. weight: 2.1 lb.