The Gentleman Farmer: Being an Attempt to Improve Agriculture by Subjecting It to the Test of Rational Principles

by Henry Home and Lord Henry Home Kames

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Henry Home, Lord Kames (1696-1782) gained recognition as an advocate at the Scottish bar, and subsequently as a judge whose writings on the philosophy, theory and practice of the law were hugely influential. However, he also took great interest in agriculture, and his wife's inheritance of a large estate in 1766 particularly focused his energies. The first edition of this work, published in 1776, rapidly became popular: reissued here is the enlarged...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:1108074375

ISBN13:9781108074377

Release Date:December 2014

Publisher:Cambridge University Press

Length:478 Pages

Weight:1.33 lbs.

Dimensions:1.1" x 5.5" x 8.5"

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