SUFFRET Dominique LinLivre Rare Book
Hemp and FlaxABAA
THE SEVERAL ACTS FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF THE HEMPEN AND FLAXEN MANUFACTURES IN THIS KINGDOM
1722WRCLIT47645Dublin: Printed by Andrew Crooke. 1722. 1079109-1284pp. 12mo. Modern half gilt calf and boards. Several old stamps of a defunct mercantile library old small ink drop on top edge occasionally just penetrates upper margins expert restoration to small chip in blank area of fore-edge of terminal leaf otherwise a very good copy. First edition. ESTC records three editions or more likely "issues" of this work: the first as here; a second published in 1728 but still dated '1722' with the 1728 act added with final pagination at 151pp plus a 7pp. index; and a third also dated '1722' but likely ca. 1735 with an additional act to date with final pagination at 187pp. plus a 9pp. index. ESTC locates seven copies 2 unverified of this first edition. GOLDSMITHS 6101 3rd version. HANSON 3140 3rd version. ESTC T118359. Printed by Andrew Crooke... hardcover books
