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6471 — iv 51 1 pp. 8vo attractive antique calf-backed marbled boards spine gilt red morocco lettering piece on spine. London: B. White and Son et al. 1788.<br/> <br/> First edition. Land enclosure in 18th-century Britain was highly controversial: it consolidated small landholdings into larger farms ceasing to be common land for communal use. Oftentimes landowners including the Church were not adequately compensated upon suffering enclosure on their properties.<br/> <br/> Turner 1739-1826 took his degree at Emmanuel College Cambridge and was rector of Wing. This work was written on the occasion of the enclosure of one of his livings given to him by the Crown in 1788 and in it Turner endeavored to call to the attention of the heads of the Church and the public various instances of injustice done to Church revenues by the manner in which enclosures were managed.<br/> <br/> Fine copy. Scarce. unknown