English Land Management
Hints to Gentlemen of Landed Property. To which are now first added, Supplementary Hints.
London: Printed for J. Dodsley, in Pall-Mall, 1793.
Price: $550.00
About the item
Third edition, expanded, and the first with the Supplement. 10 engraved plates (6 folding). viii, 286 pp. 1 vols. 8vo. English Land Management. Full contemporary polished calf, red leather spine label. Joints starting but sound, and overall a lovely copy with a fine provenance. Armorial bookplate of Sir Thomas Fraser Grove of Ferne House, Salisbury; and with his signature above. ESTCT128096.
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Kent (1737-1810) was a laid appraiser and agriculturist land valuer and agriculturist, who was first employed in the diplomatic service as secretary to Sir James Porter in Brussels.where he studied the husbandry of the Austrian Netherlands. Upon his return to England, Kent first published in 1775 his HINT TO GENTLEMEN, "which contained, among other valuable suggestions, some designs for labourers' cottages, which were greatly in advance of his time ... The book brought him employment on a large scale as an estate agent and land valuer, and he did much to improve English methods of land management ... " - DNB. The 1775 first edition was followed by editions of 1776, 1793 (with Supplement), and 1796.
