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Hints to Gentlemen of Landed Property, 1st edition, for J. Dodsley, 1775, bound with: [Lewis, John], Uniting and Monopolizing Farms, plainly proved disadvantageous to the Land-Owners, and highly prejudicial to the Public, by a Gentleman in the Country, 1st edition, for M. Hingeston, 1767, 2 works in 1 volume, 10 engraved folding plates to Kent's work, Lewis's work comprising 32 pp., Kent title page inscribed 'The ingenious Author's present to R. Marsham' in a contemporary hand, ownership inscription 'R. Marsham' to Lewis title, frequent annotations in same hand to margins and rear endpapers, later bookplate of one Robert Marsham with family motto 'quod adest', contemporary sprinkled calf, red morocco label, slightly rubbed, small hole to front joint, 8vo, together with: Rapin (Ren�), Rapin of Gardens. A Latin Poem. In Four Books. English'd by Mr. Gardiner, 1st edition in English, by W. Bowyer for Bernard Lintott, [1706], engraved frontispiece, 4 engraved folding plates, gift inscription dated 1803 to front free endpaper, contemporary panelled calf, a fine copy, 8vo, Monk (John), An Agricultural Dictionary, 3 volumes, 1st edition, by G. Woodfall for the author, 1794, folding table, contemporary tree calf, green morocco labels, a bright set, 8vo, [Young, Arthur], Rural Oeconomy: or, Essays on the Practical Parts of Husbandry, 2nd edition, corrected, printed for T. Becket, 1773, bound without half-title, contemporary tree calf, slightly rubbed, lacking spine label, clean loss of headcap, 8vo, [Young, Arthur], The Farmer's Letters to the People of England, 2 volumes, 3rd edition, corrected and enlarged, printed for W. Strahan [and others], 1771, half-titles, bound without the 14 folding plates, large engraved bookplates of John Baker Holroyd, 1st Earl of Sheffield (1735-1821), contemporary polished tan calf, richly gilt spines, extremities slightly rubbed, joints partially split but firm, 8vo, volume 1 lacking a spine label, 8vo Kress 7125 (Kent), 6466 (Lewis), B2795 (Monk), 6988 (Young, Rural Oeconomy), 6832 (Young, The Farmer's Letters); Foxon G11 and Henrey 1253 for Rapin. Provenance (first item): ownership inscriptions and annotations of pioneering English naturalist Robert Marsham (1708-1797); the bookplate is later and likely belongs to his son or grandson, who were both also called Robert. ESTC traces six copies only of the anonymous pamphlet (attributed to Ipswich farmer John Lewis which is bound with Nathaniel Kent's work. (8)